How To Install placnet on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install placnet on Debian 9.
What is placnet
placnet is:
Placnet is a new tool for plasmid analysis in NGS projects. Placnet is optimized to work with Illumina sequences but it also works with 454, Iontorrent or any of the actual sequence technologies.
The input of placnet is a set of contigs and one or more SAM files with the mapping of the reads against the contigs. Placnet obtains a set of files, easily opened on Cytoscape software or other network tools.
There are three methods to install placnet 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 placnet Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install placnet using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install placnet
Install placnet Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install placnet using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install placnet
Install placnet 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 placnet using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install placnet
How To Uninstall placnet on Debian 9
To uninstall only the placnet package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove placnet
Uninstall placnet And Its Dependencies
To uninstall placnet and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove placnet
Remove placnet Configurations and Data
To remove placnet configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge placnet
Remove placnet configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove placnet configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge placnet
Dependencies
placnet have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install placnet package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.