How To Install rambo-k on Debian 12

Learn how to install rambo-k on Debian 12 with this tutorial. rambo-k is Read Assignment Method Based On K-mers

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install rambo-k on Debian 12.

What is rambo-k

rambo-k is:

RAMBO-K is a tool for rapid and sensitive removal of background sequences from Next Generation Sequencing data.

RAMBO-K is a reference-based tool for rapid and sensitive extraction of one organisms reads from a mixed dataset. It is based on a Markov chain implementation, which uses genomic characteristics of each reference to assign reads to the associated set.

There are three methods to install rambo-k 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 rambo-k Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install rambo-k using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install rambo-k

Install rambo-k Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install rambo-k using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install rambo-k

Install rambo-k 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 rambo-k using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install rambo-k

How To Uninstall rambo-k on Debian 12

To uninstall only the rambo-k package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove rambo-k

Uninstall rambo-k And Its Dependencies

To uninstall rambo-k and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove rambo-k

Remove rambo-k Configurations and Data

To remove rambo-k configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge rambo-k

Remove rambo-k configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove rambo-k configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rambo-k

Dependencies

rambo-k have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install rambo-k package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.