How To Install libquicktree-dev on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libquicktree-dev on Debian 11.
What is libquicktree-dev
libquicktree-dev is:
QuickTree is an efficient implementation of the Neighbor-Joining algorithm (PMID: 3447015), capable of reconstructing phylogenies from huge alignments in time less than the age of the universe.
QuickTree accepts both distance matrix and multiple-sequence-aligment inputs. The former should be in PHYLIP format. The latter should be in Stockholm format, which is the native alignment format for the Pfam database. Alignments in various formats can be converted to Stockholm format with the sreformat program, which is part of the HMMer package (hmmer.org).
The tress are written to stdout, in the Newick/New-Hampshire format use by PHYLIP and many other programs
This package contains some header files from quicktree that are used by other packages.
There are three methods to install libquicktree-dev on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libquicktree-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 libquicktree-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libquicktree-dev
Install libquicktree-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libquicktree-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libquicktree-dev
Install libquicktree-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 libquicktree-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libquicktree-dev
How To Uninstall libquicktree-dev on Debian 11
To uninstall only the libquicktree-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libquicktree-dev
Uninstall libquicktree-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libquicktree-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libquicktree-dev
Remove libquicktree-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libquicktree-dev configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libquicktree-dev
Remove libquicktree-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libquicktree-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libquicktree-dev
Dependencies
libquicktree-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libquicktree-dev package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.