How To Install libncbi-vdb3 on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libncbi-vdb3 on Debian 12.
What is libncbi-vdb3
libncbi-vdb3 is:
The (US) National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)’s Virtual/Vertical Database (VDB) is a highly compressed column-oriented data warehousing technology developed initially to address the needs of the Sequence Read Archive (SRA). It is unique in that it builds databases from smaller parts that can function independently as documents, supports effective and efficient compression, supports encryption while remaining encrypted on disk, transparent distribution and remote access.
This package contains a runtime library for reading VDB data.
There are three methods to install libncbi-vdb3 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 libncbi-vdb3 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libncbi-vdb3 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libncbi-vdb3
Install libncbi-vdb3 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libncbi-vdb3 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libncbi-vdb3
Install libncbi-vdb3 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 libncbi-vdb3 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libncbi-vdb3
How To Uninstall libncbi-vdb3 on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libncbi-vdb3 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libncbi-vdb3
Uninstall libncbi-vdb3 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libncbi-vdb3 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libncbi-vdb3
Remove libncbi-vdb3 Configurations and Data
To remove libncbi-vdb3 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libncbi-vdb3
Remove libncbi-vdb3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libncbi-vdb3 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libncbi-vdb3
Dependencies
libncbi-vdb3 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libncbi-vdb3 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
