How To Install soapdenovo2 on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install soapdenovo2 on Debian 10.
What is soapdenovo2
soapdenovo2 is:
SOAPdenovo is a novel short-read assembly method that can build a de novo draft assembly for the human-sized genomes. The program is specially designed to assemble Illumina GA short reads.
It creates new opportunities for building reference sequences and carrying out accurate analyses of unexplored genomes in a cost effective way.
There are three methods to install soapdenovo2 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 soapdenovo2 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install soapdenovo2 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install soapdenovo2
Install soapdenovo2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install soapdenovo2 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install soapdenovo2
Install soapdenovo2 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 soapdenovo2 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install soapdenovo2
How To Uninstall soapdenovo2 on Debian 10
To uninstall only the soapdenovo2 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove soapdenovo2
Uninstall soapdenovo2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall soapdenovo2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove soapdenovo2
Remove soapdenovo2 Configurations and Data
To remove soapdenovo2 configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge soapdenovo2
Remove soapdenovo2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove soapdenovo2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge soapdenovo2
Dependencies
soapdenovo2 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install soapdenovo2 package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.