How To Install qtltools on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install qtltools on Debian 9.
What is qtltools
qtltools is:
QTLtools is a tool set for molecular Quantitative Trait Loci (QTL) discovery and analysis. It allows user to go from the raw sequence data to collection of molecular QTL in few easy-to-perform steps. QTLtools contains multiple methods to prepare the data, to discover proximal and distal molecular QTL and to finally integrate them with GWAS variants and functional annotations of the genome.
There are three methods to install qtltools 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 qtltools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install qtltools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install qtltools
Install qtltools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install qtltools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install qtltools
Install qtltools 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 qtltools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install qtltools
How To Uninstall qtltools on Debian 9
To uninstall only the qtltools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove qtltools
Uninstall qtltools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall qtltools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove qtltools
Remove qtltools Configurations and Data
To remove qtltools configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge qtltools
Remove qtltools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove qtltools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge qtltools
Dependencies
qtltools have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install qtltools package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.