How To Install grabix on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install grabix on Debian 11.
What is grabix
grabix is:
In biomedical research it is increasing practice to study the genetic basis of disease. This now frequently comprises the sequencing of human sequences. The output of the machine however is redundant, and the real sequence is the best sequence to explain the redundancy. The exchange of data happens only with compressed files - to huge and redundant to perform otherwise. One should avoid uncompression whenever possible.
grabix leverages the fantastic BGZF library of the samtools package to provide random access into text files that have been compressed with bgzip. grabix creates it’s own index (.gbi) of the bgzipped file. Once indexed, one can extract arbitrary lines from the file with the grab command. Or choose random lines with the, well, random command.
There are three methods to install grabix 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 grabix Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install grabix using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install grabix
Install grabix Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install grabix using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install grabix
Install grabix 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 grabix using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install grabix
How To Uninstall grabix on Debian 11
To uninstall only the grabix package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove grabix
Uninstall grabix And Its Dependencies
To uninstall grabix and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove grabix
Remove grabix Configurations and Data
To remove grabix configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge grabix
Remove grabix configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove grabix configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge grabix
Dependencies
grabix have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install grabix package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.