How To Install fastlink on Debian 10

Learn how to install fastlink on Debian 10 with this tutorial. fastlink is faster version of pedigree programs of Linkage

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fastlink on Debian 10.

fastlink is:

Genetic linkage analysis is a statistical technique used to map genes and find the approximate location of disease genes. There was a standard software package for genetic linkage called LINKAGE. FASTLINK is a significantly modified and improved version of the main programs of LINKAGE that runs much faster sequentially, can run in parallel, allows the user to recover gracefully from a computer crash, and provides abundant new documentation. FASTLINK has been used in over 1000 published genetic linkage studies.

This package contains the following programs: ilink: GEMINI optimization procedure to find a locally optimal value of the theta vector of recombination fractions linkmap: calculates location scores of one locus against a fixed map of other loci lodscore: compares likelihoods at locally optimal theta mlink: calculates lod scores and risk with two of more loci unknown: identify possible genotypes for unknowns

There are three methods to install fastlink on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install fastlink using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install fastlink

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install fastlink using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install fastlink

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install fastlink using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fastlink

To uninstall only the fastlink package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove fastlink

To uninstall fastlink and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fastlink

To remove fastlink configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge fastlink

We can use the following command to remove fastlink configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fastlink

Dependencies

fastlink have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install fastlink package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.