How To Install libsuma-dev on Debian 12

Learn how to install libsuma-dev on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libsuma-dev is headers and static library for sumatra and sumaclust

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsuma-dev on Debian 12.

What is libsuma-dev

libsuma-dev is:

Sumatra is a tool for fast and exact comparison and clustering of sequences and sumaclust can be used for fast and exact clustering of genomic sequences. Both tools are using this common library.

This package provides the static library and header files.

There are three methods to install libsuma-dev 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 libsuma-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 libsuma-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libsuma-dev

Install libsuma-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libsuma-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libsuma-dev

Install libsuma-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 libsuma-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libsuma-dev

How To Uninstall libsuma-dev on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libsuma-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libsuma-dev

Uninstall libsuma-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libsuma-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsuma-dev

Remove libsuma-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libsuma-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libsuma-dev

Remove libsuma-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libsuma-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsuma-dev

Dependencies

libsuma-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsuma-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.