How To Install prinseq-lite on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install prinseq-lite on Debian 12.
What is prinseq-lite
prinseq-lite is:
PRINSEQ will help you to preprocess your genomic or metagenomic sequence data in FASTA or FASTQ format. It is a tool that generates summary statistics of sequence and quality data and that is used to filter, reformat and trim next-generation sequence data. It is particular designed for 454/Roche data, but can also be used for other types of sequence data. The standalone version is primarily designed for data preprocessing and does not generate summary statistics in graphical form.
There are three methods to install prinseq-lite 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 prinseq-lite Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install prinseq-lite using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install prinseq-lite
Install prinseq-lite Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install prinseq-lite using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install prinseq-lite
Install prinseq-lite 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 prinseq-lite using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install prinseq-lite
How To Uninstall prinseq-lite on Debian 12
To uninstall only the prinseq-lite package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove prinseq-lite
Uninstall prinseq-lite And Its Dependencies
To uninstall prinseq-lite and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove prinseq-lite
Remove prinseq-lite Configurations and Data
To remove prinseq-lite configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge prinseq-lite
Remove prinseq-lite configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove prinseq-lite configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge prinseq-lite
Dependencies
prinseq-lite have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install prinseq-lite package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
