How To Install nanook on Debian 10

Learn how to install nanook on Debian 10 with this tutorial. nanook is pre- and post-alignment analysis of nanopore sequencing data

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nanook on Debian 10.

What is `nanook`

nanook is:

NanoOK is a flexible, multi-reference software for pre- and post- alignment analysis of nanopore sequencing data, quality and error profiles.

NanoOK (pronounced na-nook) is a tool for extraction, alignment and analysis of Nanopore reads. NanoOK will extract reads as FASTA or FASTQ files, align them (with a choice of alignment tools), then generate a comprehensive multi-page PDF report containing yield, accuracy and quality analysis. Along the way, it generates plain text files which can be used for further analysis, as well as graphs suitable for inclusion in presentations and papers.

There are three methods to install nanook 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 nanook Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install nanook

Install nanook Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install nanook using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install nanook

Install nanook 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 nanook using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install nanook

How To Uninstall nanook on Debian 10

To uninstall only the nanook package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove nanook

Uninstall nanook And Its Dependencies

To uninstall nanook and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove nanook

Remove nanook Configurations and Data

To remove nanook configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge nanook

Remove nanook configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nanook

Dependencies

nanook have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install nanook package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.