How To Install cat-bat on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cat-bat on Debian 12.
What is cat-bat
cat-bat is:
Contig Annotation Tool (CAT) and Bin Annotation Tool (BAT) are pipelines for the taxonomic classification of long DNA sequences and metagenome assembled genomes (MAGs/bins) of both known and (highly) unknown microorganisms, as generated by contemporary metagenomics studies. The core algorithm of both programs involves gene calling, mapping of predicted ORFs against the nr protein database, and voting-based classification of the entire contig / MAG based on classification of the individual ORFs. CAT and BAT can be run from intermediate steps if files are formatted appropriately.
There are three methods to install cat-bat on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install cat-bat Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install cat-bat using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install cat-bat
Install cat-bat Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install cat-bat using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install cat-bat
Install cat-bat 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 cat-bat using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install cat-bat
How To Uninstall cat-bat on Debian 12
To uninstall only the cat-bat package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove cat-bat
Uninstall cat-bat And Its Dependencies
To uninstall cat-bat and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove cat-bat
Remove cat-bat Configurations and Data
To remove cat-bat configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge cat-bat
Remove cat-bat configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove cat-bat configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cat-bat
Dependencies
cat-bat have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cat-bat package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.