How To Install libgatk-bwamem-java on Debian 12

Learn how to install libgatk-bwamem-java on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libgatk-bwamem-java is interface to call Heng Lis bwa mem aligner from Java code

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgatk-bwamem-java on Debian 12.

What is libgatk-bwamem-java

libgatk-bwamem-java is:

BWA (Burrows-Wheeler Aligner) is a software package for mapping low-divergent sequences against a large reference genome, such as the human genome. It is written in C.

gatk-bwamem provides a Java library and a shared library to allow one to use BWA from Java code.

This package contains the Java library.

There are three methods to install libgatk-bwamem-java 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 libgatk-bwamem-java Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libgatk-bwamem-java

Install libgatk-bwamem-java Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libgatk-bwamem-java using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libgatk-bwamem-java

Install libgatk-bwamem-java 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 libgatk-bwamem-java using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libgatk-bwamem-java

How To Uninstall libgatk-bwamem-java on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libgatk-bwamem-java package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libgatk-bwamem-java

Uninstall libgatk-bwamem-java And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgatk-bwamem-java

Remove libgatk-bwamem-java Configurations and Data

To remove libgatk-bwamem-java configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libgatk-bwamem-java

Remove libgatk-bwamem-java configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgatk-bwamem-java

Dependencies

libgatk-bwamem-java have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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