How To Install filtlong on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install filtlong
on Debian 11.
What is filtlong
filtlong is:
Filtlong is a tool for filtering long reads by quality. It can take a set of long reads and produce a smaller, better subset. It uses both read length (longer is better) and read identity (higher is better) when choosing which reads pass the filter.
There are three methods to install filtlong
on Debian 11. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install filtlong Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install filtlong
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install filtlong
Install filtlong Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install filtlong
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install filtlong
Install filtlong Using aptitude
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 filtlong
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install filtlong
How To Uninstall filtlong on Debian 11
To uninstall only the filtlong
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove filtlong
Uninstall filtlong And Its Dependencies
To uninstall filtlong
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove filtlong
Remove filtlong Configurations and Data
To remove filtlong
configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge filtlong
Remove filtlong configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove filtlong
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge filtlong
Dependencies
filtlong have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install filtlong
package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.