How To Install filtlong-data on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install filtlong-data on Debian 11. filtlong-data is quality filtering tool for long reads of genome sequences (testdata)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install filtlong-data on Debian 11.

What is filtlong-data

filtlong-data is:

Filtlong is a tool for filtering long reads by quality. It can take a set of long reads and produce a smaller, better subset. It uses both read length (longer is better) and read identity (higher is better) when choosing which reads pass the filter.

This package contains test data for filtlong.

There are three methods to install filtlong-data 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 filtlong-data Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install filtlong-data

Install filtlong-data Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install filtlong-data

Install filtlong-data 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 filtlong-data using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install filtlong-data

How To Uninstall filtlong-data on Debian 11

To uninstall only the filtlong-data package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove filtlong-data

Uninstall filtlong-data And Its Dependencies

To uninstall filtlong-data and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove filtlong-data

Remove filtlong-data Configurations and Data

To remove filtlong-data configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge filtlong-data

Remove filtlong-data configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge filtlong-data

Dependencies

filtlong-data have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install filtlong-data package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.