How to Install and Uninstall bowtie2 Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: May 14,2024

1. Install "bowtie2" package

This tutorial shows how to install bowtie2 on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                bowtie2
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "bowtie2" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall bowtie2 on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                bowtie2
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the bowtie2 package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: bowtie2
Version: 2.3.4.3-1
Installed-Size: 5052
Maintainer: Debian Med Packaging Team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: python, libc6 (>= 2.14), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.0), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), libtbb2, zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.6)
Suggests: bowtie2-examples
Description: ultrafast memory-efficient short read aligner
Description-md5: a4a641e19bb5b2750860b5cde2b844a2
Homepage: http://bowtie-bio.sourceforge.net/bowtie2
Tag: biology::nucleic-acids, field::biology, field::biology:bioinformatics,
implemented-in::c++, interface::commandline, role::program,
use::comparing, works-with::biological-sequence
Section: science
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/b/bowtie2/bowtie2_2.3.4.3-1_amd64.deb
Size: 1187940
MD5sum: d2fad74c52eeac93efcb1e826de0b4f3
SHA256: 38c8b9a79b0bce5a02b32f829cfb1b83265e24aded6e67c52fe8dd5f96131029