How To Install ray-extra on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ray-extra on Debian 9.
What is ray-extra
ray-extra is:
Ray is a parallel software that computes de novo genome assemblies with next-generation sequencing data. Ray is written in C++ and can run in parallel on numerous interconnected computers using the message-passing interface (MPI) standard.
This package contains scripts and XSL sheets for post-processing.
There are three methods to install ray-extra 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 ray-extra Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ray-extra using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ray-extra
Install ray-extra Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ray-extra using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ray-extra
Install ray-extra 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 ray-extra using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ray-extra
How To Uninstall ray-extra on Debian 9
To uninstall only the ray-extra package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ray-extra
Uninstall ray-extra And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ray-extra and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ray-extra
Remove ray-extra Configurations and Data
To remove ray-extra configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ray-extra
Remove ray-extra configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ray-extra configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ray-extra
Dependencies
ray-extra have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ray-extra package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.