How To Install velvet-example on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install velvet-example on Debian 12.
What is velvet-example
velvet-example is:
Velvet is a de novo genomic assembler specially designed for short read sequencing technologies, such as Solexa or 454, developed by Daniel Zerbino and Ewan Birney at the European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), near Cambridge, in the United Kingdom.
Velvet currently takes in short read sequences, removes errors then produces high quality unique contigs. It then uses paired read information, if available, to retrieve the repeated areas between contigs.
This package contains the example data distributed in the sources of Velvet, a de novo genomic assembler.
There are three methods to install velvet-example 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 velvet-example Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install velvet-example using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install velvet-example
Install velvet-example Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install velvet-example using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install velvet-example
Install velvet-example 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 velvet-example using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install velvet-example
How To Uninstall velvet-example on Debian 12
To uninstall only the velvet-example package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove velvet-example
Uninstall velvet-example And Its Dependencies
To uninstall velvet-example and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove velvet-example
Remove velvet-example Configurations and Data
To remove velvet-example configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge velvet-example
Remove velvet-example configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove velvet-example configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge velvet-example
Dependencies
velvet-example have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install velvet-example package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
