How To Install libparasail8 on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libparasail8 on Debian 12.
What is libparasail8
libparasail8 is:
parasail is a SIMD C (C99) library containing implementations of the Smith-Waterman, Needleman-Wunsch, and various semi-global pairwise sequence alignment algorithms. Parasail implements most known algorithms for vectorized pairwise sequence alignment, including diagonal, blocked, striped, and prefix scan.
There are three methods to install libparasail8 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 libparasail8 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libparasail8 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libparasail8
Install libparasail8 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libparasail8 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libparasail8
Install libparasail8 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 libparasail8 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libparasail8
How To Uninstall libparasail8 on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libparasail8 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libparasail8
Uninstall libparasail8 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libparasail8 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libparasail8
Remove libparasail8 Configurations and Data
To remove libparasail8 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libparasail8
Remove libparasail8 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libparasail8 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libparasail8
Dependencies
libparasail8 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libparasail8 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.