How To Install libmaus2-dev on Debian 12

Learn how to install libmaus2-dev on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libmaus2-dev is collection of data structures and algorithms for biobambam (devel)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmaus2-dev on Debian 12.

What is libmaus2-dev

libmaus2-dev is:

Libmaus2 is a collection of data structures and algorithms. It contains

  • I/O classes (single byte and UTF-8)
  • bitio classes (input, output and various forms of bit level manipulation)
  • text indexing classes (suffix and LCP array, fulltext and minute (FM), …)
  • BAM sequence alignment files input/output (simple and collating)

and many lower level support classes.

This package contains header files and static libraries.

There are three methods to install libmaus2-dev 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 libmaus2-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 libmaus2-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libmaus2-dev

Install libmaus2-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libmaus2-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libmaus2-dev

Install libmaus2-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 libmaus2-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libmaus2-dev

How To Uninstall libmaus2-dev on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libmaus2-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libmaus2-dev

Uninstall libmaus2-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libmaus2-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmaus2-dev

Remove libmaus2-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libmaus2-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libmaus2-dev

Remove libmaus2-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libmaus2-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmaus2-dev

Dependencies

libmaus2-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmaus2-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.