How To Install ncbi-tools-bin on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ncbi-tools-bin on Debian 9.
What is ncbi-tools-bin
ncbi-tools-bin is:
This package includes various utilities distributed with the NCBI C SDK, including the development tools asntool and errhdr (formerly of libncbi6-dev). None of the programs in this package require X; you can find the X-based utilities in the ncbi-tools-x11 package. BLAST and related tools now come from a separate source base, corresponding to the ncbi-blast+ and ncbi-blast+-legacy packages.
There are three methods to install ncbi-tools-bin on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install ncbi-tools-bin Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ncbi-tools-bin using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ncbi-tools-bin
Install ncbi-tools-bin Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ncbi-tools-bin using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ncbi-tools-bin
Install ncbi-tools-bin 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 ncbi-tools-bin using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ncbi-tools-bin
How To Uninstall ncbi-tools-bin on Debian 9
To uninstall only the ncbi-tools-bin package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ncbi-tools-bin
Uninstall ncbi-tools-bin And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ncbi-tools-bin and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ncbi-tools-bin
Remove ncbi-tools-bin Configurations and Data
To remove ncbi-tools-bin configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ncbi-tools-bin
Remove ncbi-tools-bin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ncbi-tools-bin configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ncbi-tools-bin
Dependencies
ncbi-tools-bin have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ncbi-tools-bin package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.