How To Install rapmap-dev on Debian 10

Learn how to install rapmap-dev on Debian 10 with this tutorial. rapmap-dev is rapmap - rapid sensitive and accurate DNA read mapping (some headers)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install rapmap-dev on Debian 10.

What is rapmap-dev

rapmap-dev is:

RapMap is a testing ground for ideas in quasi-mapping / (lightweight / pseudo) transcriptome alignment. That means that, at this point, it is somewhat experimental. The develop branch will have the latest improvements and additions, but is not guaranteed to be stable between commits. Breaking changes to the master branch will be accompanied by a tag to the version before the breaking change. Currently, RapMap is a stand-alone quasi-mapper that can be used with other tools. It is also being used as part of Sailfish and Salmon. Eventually, the hope is to create and stabilize an API so that it can be used as a library from other tools.

This package contains some headers and C++ source files which are included by package salmon and are provided here in an accessible way to avoid code duplication. Usually there is no reason to install this package except to build the salmon package.

There are three methods to install rapmap-dev on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install rapmap-dev Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install rapmap-dev

Install rapmap-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install rapmap-dev

Install rapmap-dev 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 rapmap-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install rapmap-dev

How To Uninstall rapmap-dev on Debian 10

To uninstall only the rapmap-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove rapmap-dev

Uninstall rapmap-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall rapmap-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove rapmap-dev

Remove rapmap-dev Configurations and Data

To remove rapmap-dev configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge rapmap-dev

Remove rapmap-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rapmap-dev

Dependencies

rapmap-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install rapmap-dev package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.