How To Install libncbi6 on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libncbi6 on Debian 10.
What is libncbi6
libncbi6 is:
The NCBI Software Development Toolkit was developed for the production and distribution of GenBank, Entrez, BLAST, and related services by NCBI. It allows you to read and write NCBI ASN.1 files, builds Blast or Entrez, etc.
There are three methods to install libncbi6 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 libncbi6 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libncbi6 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libncbi6
Install libncbi6 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libncbi6 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libncbi6
Install libncbi6 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 libncbi6 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libncbi6
How To Uninstall libncbi6 on Debian 10
To uninstall only the libncbi6 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libncbi6
Uninstall libncbi6 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libncbi6 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libncbi6
Remove libncbi6 Configurations and Data
To remove libncbi6 configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libncbi6
Remove libncbi6 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libncbi6 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libncbi6
Dependencies
libncbi6 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libncbi6 package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.