How To Install qcat-examples on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install qcat-examples on Debian 12.
What is qcat-examples
qcat-examples is:
Qcat is a command-line tool for demultiplexing Oxford Nanopore reads from FASTQ files. It accepts basecalled FASTQ files and splits the reads into separate FASTQ files based on their barcode. Qcat makes the demultiplexing algorithms used in albacore/guppy and EPI2ME available to be used locally with FASTQ files. Currently qcat implements the EPI2ME algorithm.
This package contains examples to test qcat.
There are three methods to install qcat-examples 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 qcat-examples Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install qcat-examples using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install qcat-examples
Install qcat-examples Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install qcat-examples using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install qcat-examples
Install qcat-examples 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 qcat-examples using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install qcat-examples
How To Uninstall qcat-examples on Debian 12
To uninstall only the qcat-examples package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove qcat-examples
Uninstall qcat-examples And Its Dependencies
To uninstall qcat-examples and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove qcat-examples
Remove qcat-examples Configurations and Data
To remove qcat-examples configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge qcat-examples
Remove qcat-examples configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove qcat-examples configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge qcat-examples
Dependencies
qcat-examples have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install qcat-examples package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
