How To Install megan-ce on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install megan-ce on Debian 12.
What is megan-ce
megan-ce is:
MEGAN Community Edition is a shotgun sequencer to analyze microbiome samples. It is a rewrite and extension of the widely-used microbiome analysis tool MEGAN so as to facilitate the interactive analysis of the taxonomic and functional content of very large microbiome datasets. Other new features include a functional classifier called InterPro2GO, gene-centric read assembly, principal coordinate analysis of taxonomy and function, and support for metadata. By integrating MEGAN CE with the high-throughput DNA-to-protein alignment tool DIAMOND a powerful and complete pipeline for the analysis of metagenome shotgun sequences can be provided.
There are three methods to install megan-ce 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 megan-ce Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install megan-ce using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install megan-ce
Install megan-ce Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install megan-ce using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install megan-ce
Install megan-ce 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 megan-ce using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install megan-ce
How To Uninstall megan-ce on Debian 12
To uninstall only the megan-ce package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove megan-ce
Uninstall megan-ce And Its Dependencies
To uninstall megan-ce and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove megan-ce
Remove megan-ce Configurations and Data
To remove megan-ce configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge megan-ce
Remove megan-ce configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove megan-ce configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge megan-ce
Dependencies
megan-ce have the following dependencies:
- default-jre
- libcolt-free-java
- libcommons-math3-java
- libgoogle-gson-java
- libjama-java
- libjbcrypt-java
- libjloda-java
- libopenjfx-java
- libsis-jhdf5-java
- libxerial-sqlite-jdbc-java
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install megan-ce package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
