How To Install iva on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install iva on Debian 9.
What is iva
iva is:
IVA is a de novo assembler designed to assemble virus genomes that have no repeat sequences, using Illumina read pairs sequenced from mixed populations at extremely high depth.
IVA’s main algorithm works by iteratively extending contigs using aligned read pairs. Its input can be just read pairs, or additionally you can provide an existing set of contigs to be extended. Alternatively, it can take reads together with a reference sequence.
There are three methods to install iva on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install iva Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install iva using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install iva
Install iva Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install iva using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install iva
Install iva 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 iva using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install iva
How To Uninstall iva on Debian 9
To uninstall only the iva package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove iva
Uninstall iva And Its Dependencies
To uninstall iva and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove iva
Remove iva Configurations and Data
To remove iva configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge iva
Remove iva configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove iva configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge iva
Dependencies
iva have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install iva package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.