How To Install trace2dbest on Debian 12

Learn how to install trace2dbest on Debian 12 with this tutorial. trace2dbest is bulk submission of chromatogram data to dbEST

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install trace2dbest on Debian 12.

What is trace2dbest

trace2dbest is:

ESTs are short sequences derived from reverse-transcribed RNA. Their abundances yield insights in the expression of genes across tissues, support the discovery of new genes and allow one to assess the coverage of whole genome sequencing projects. Public databases like dbEST at the NCBI collect this data.

trace2dbEST process raw sequenceing chromatograph trace files from EST projects into quality-checked sequences, ready for submission to dbEST. trace2dbEST guides you through the creation of all the necessary files for submission of ESTs to dbEST. trace2dbest makes use of other software (available free under academic licence) that you will need to have installed, namely phred, cross_match and (optionally) BLAST.

There are three methods to install trace2dbest 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 trace2dbest Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install trace2dbest using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install trace2dbest

Install trace2dbest Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install trace2dbest using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install trace2dbest

Install trace2dbest 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 trace2dbest using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install trace2dbest

How To Uninstall trace2dbest on Debian 12

To uninstall only the trace2dbest package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove trace2dbest

Uninstall trace2dbest And Its Dependencies

To uninstall trace2dbest and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove trace2dbest

Remove trace2dbest Configurations and Data

To remove trace2dbest configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge trace2dbest

Remove trace2dbest configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove trace2dbest configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge trace2dbest

Dependencies

trace2dbest have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install trace2dbest package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.