How To Install khmer-common on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install khmer-common on Debian 10.
What is khmer-common
khmer-common is:
khmer is a library and suite of command line tools for working with DNA sequence. It is primarily aimed at short-read sequencing data such as that produced by the Illumina platform. khmer takes a k-mer-centric approach to sequence analysis, hence the name.
This package contains common files for liboxli and khmer
There are three methods to install khmer-common on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install khmer-common Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install khmer-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install khmer-common
Install khmer-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install khmer-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install khmer-common
Install khmer-common 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 khmer-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install khmer-common
How To Uninstall khmer-common on Debian 10
To uninstall only the khmer-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove khmer-common
Uninstall khmer-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall khmer-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove khmer-common
Remove khmer-common Configurations and Data
To remove khmer-common configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge khmer-common
Remove khmer-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove khmer-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge khmer-common
Dependencies
khmer-common have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install khmer-common package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.