How To Install ariba on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ariba on Debian 9.
What is ariba
ariba is:
ARIBA is a tool that identifies antibiotic resistance genes by running local assemblies. The input is a FASTA file of reference genes and paired sequencing reads. ARIBA reports which of the reference genes were found, plus detailed information on the quality of the assemblies and any variants between the sequencing reads and the reference genes.
There are three methods to install ariba on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install ariba Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ariba using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ariba
Install ariba Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ariba using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ariba
Install ariba 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 ariba using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ariba
How To Uninstall ariba on Debian 9
To uninstall only the ariba package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ariba
Uninstall ariba And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ariba and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ariba
Remove ariba Configurations and Data
To remove ariba configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ariba
Remove ariba configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ariba configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ariba
Dependencies
ariba have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ariba package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.