How To Install blast2 on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install blast2 on Debian 10.
What is blast2
blast2 is:
This is a transitional dummy package for ncbi-blast+-legacy. It can safely be removed.
There are three methods to install blast2 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.
Install blast2 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install blast2 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install blast2
Install blast2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install blast2 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install blast2
Install blast2 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 blast2 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install blast2
How To Uninstall blast2 on Debian 10
To uninstall only the blast2 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove blast2
Uninstall blast2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall blast2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove blast2
Remove blast2 Configurations and Data
To remove blast2 configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge blast2
Remove blast2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove blast2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge blast2
Dependencies
blast2 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install blast2 package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.