How To Install libncbi-wvdb-dev on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libncbi-wvdb-dev on Debian 10.
What is libncbi-wvdb-dev
libncbi-wvdb-dev is:
NGS is a new, domain-specific API for accessing reads, alignments and pileups produced from Next Generation Sequencing. The API itself is independent from any particular back-end implementation, and supports use of multiple back-ends simultaneously. It also provides a library for building new back-end “engines”. The engine for accessing SRA data is contained within the sister repository ncbi-vdb.
This library is part of the ncbi-vdb package.
This is the development package.
There are three methods to install libncbi-wvdb-dev 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 libncbi-wvdb-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 libncbi-wvdb-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libncbi-wvdb-dev
Install libncbi-wvdb-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libncbi-wvdb-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libncbi-wvdb-dev
Install libncbi-wvdb-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 libncbi-wvdb-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libncbi-wvdb-dev
How To Uninstall libncbi-wvdb-dev on Debian 10
To uninstall only the libncbi-wvdb-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libncbi-wvdb-dev
Uninstall libncbi-wvdb-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libncbi-wvdb-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libncbi-wvdb-dev
Remove libncbi-wvdb-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libncbi-wvdb-dev configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libncbi-wvdb-dev
Remove libncbi-wvdb-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libncbi-wvdb-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libncbi-wvdb-dev
Dependencies
libncbi-wvdb-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libncbi-wvdb-dev package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.