How To Install spoa on Debian 10

Learn how to install spoa on Debian 10 with this tutorial. spoa is SIMD partial order alignment tool

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install spoa on Debian 10.

What is `spoa`

spoa is:

Spoa (SIMD POA) is a c++ implementation of the partial order alignment (POA) algorithm (as described in 10.1093/bioinformatics/18.3.452) which is used to generate consensus sequences (as described in 10.1093/bioinformatics/btg109). It supports three alignment modes: local (Smith-Waterman), global (Needleman-Wunsch) and semi-global alignment (overlap).

There are three methods to install spoa 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 spoa Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install spoa

Install spoa Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install spoa using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install spoa

Install spoa 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 spoa using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install spoa

How To Uninstall spoa on Debian 10

To uninstall only the spoa package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove spoa

Uninstall spoa And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove spoa

Remove spoa Configurations and Data

To remove spoa configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge spoa

Remove spoa configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge spoa

Dependencies

spoa have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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