How To Install libmash-dev on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmash-dev
on Debian 9.
What is libmash-dev
libmash-dev is:
This package contains C++ development headers and a static library to build custom programs utilizing Mash, a MinHash based genome distance estimator.
There are three methods to install libmash-dev
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 libmash-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libmash-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmash-dev
Install libmash-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmash-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmash-dev
Install libmash-dev 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 libmash-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmash-dev
How To Uninstall libmash-dev on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libmash-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmash-dev
Uninstall libmash-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmash-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmash-dev
Remove libmash-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libmash-dev
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmash-dev
Remove libmash-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmash-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmash-dev
Dependencies
libmash-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmash-dev
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.