How To Install maqview on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install maqview on Debian 11.
What is maqview
maqview is:
Maqview is graphical read alignment viewer. It is specifically designed for the Maq alignment file and allows you to see the mismatches, base qualities and mapping qualities. Maqview is nothing fancy as Consed or GAP, but just a simple viewer for you to see what happens in a particular region.
In comparison to tgap-maq, the text-based read alignment viewer written by James Bonfield, Maqview is faster and takes up much less memory and disk space in indexing. This is possibly because tgap aims to be a general-purpose viewer but Maqview fully makes use of the fact that a Maq alignment file has already been sorted. Maqview is also efficient in viewing and provides a command-line tool to quickly retrieve any region in an Maq alignment file.
There are three methods to install maqview 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 maqview Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install maqview using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install maqview
Install maqview Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install maqview using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install maqview
Install maqview 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 maqview using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install maqview
How To Uninstall maqview on Debian 11
To uninstall only the maqview package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove maqview
Uninstall maqview And Its Dependencies
To uninstall maqview and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove maqview
Remove maqview Configurations and Data
To remove maqview configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge maqview
Remove maqview configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove maqview configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge maqview
Dependencies
maqview have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install maqview package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
