How To Install unicycler on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install unicycler on Debian 12.
What is unicycler
unicycler is:
Unicycler is an assembly pipeline for bacterial genomes. It can assemble Illumina-only read sets where it functions as a SPAdes-optimiser. It can also assembly long-read-only sets (PacBio or Nanopore) where it runs a miniasm+Racon pipeline. For the best possible assemblies, give it both Illumina reads and long reads, and it will conduct a hybrid assembly.
There are three methods to install unicycler 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 unicycler Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install unicycler using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install unicycler
Install unicycler Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install unicycler using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install unicycler
Install unicycler 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 unicycler using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install unicycler
How To Uninstall unicycler on Debian 12
To uninstall only the unicycler package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove unicycler
Uninstall unicycler And Its Dependencies
To uninstall unicycler and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove unicycler
Remove unicycler Configurations and Data
To remove unicycler configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge unicycler
Remove unicycler configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove unicycler configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge unicycler
Dependencies
unicycler have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install unicycler package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.