How To Install bandage on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bandage on Debian 11.
What is bandage
bandage is:
Bandage is a GUI program that allows users to interact with the assembly graphs made by de novo assemblers such as Velvet, SPAdes, MEGAHIT and others.
De novo assembly graphs contain not only assembled contigs but also the connections between those contigs, which were previously not easily accessible. Bandage visualises assembly graphs, with connections, using graph layout algorithms. Nodes in the drawn graph, which represent contigs, can be automatically labelled with their ID, length or depth. Users can interact with the graph by moving, labelling and colouring nodes. Sequence information can also be extracted directly from the graph viewer. By displaying connections between contigs, Bandage opens up new possibilities for analysing and improving de novo assemblies that are not possible by looking at contigs alone.
More information and download links are on the Bandage website: rrwick.github.io/Bandage
The package is relevant to the field of genome assembly.
There are three methods to install bandage 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 bandage Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install bandage using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install bandage
Install bandage Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install bandage using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install bandage
Install bandage 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 bandage using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install bandage
How To Uninstall bandage on Debian 11
To uninstall only the bandage package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove bandage
Uninstall bandage And Its Dependencies
To uninstall bandage and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove bandage
Remove bandage Configurations and Data
To remove bandage configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge bandage
Remove bandage configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove bandage configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bandage
Dependencies
bandage have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bandage package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.