How To Install fastani on Debian 12

Learn how to install fastani on Debian 12 with this tutorial. fastani is Fast alignment-free computation of whole-genome Average Nucleotide Identity

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fastani on Debian 12.

What is fastani

fastani is:

ANI is defined as mean nucleotide identity of orthologous gene pairs shared between two microbial genomes. FastANI supports pairwise comparison of both complete and draft genome assemblies.

There are three methods to install fastani 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 fastani Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install fastani using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install fastani

Install fastani Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install fastani using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install fastani

Install fastani 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 fastani using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fastani

How To Uninstall fastani on Debian 12

To uninstall only the fastani package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove fastani

Uninstall fastani And Its Dependencies

To uninstall fastani and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fastani

Remove fastani Configurations and Data

To remove fastani configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge fastani

Remove fastani configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove fastani configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fastani

Dependencies

fastani have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install fastani package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.