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

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "bwa" package

This is a short guide on how to install bwa on Debian 10 (Buster)


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

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall bwa on Debian 10 (Buster):


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

Package: bwa
Version: 0.7.17-3
Installed-Size: 399
Maintainer: Debian Med Packaging Team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Suggests: samtools
Description: Burrows-Wheeler Aligner
Description-md5: 7b904940a9f5331affa84d4b72dedb30
Homepage: http://bio-bwa.sourceforge.net/
Tag: biology::peptidic, field::biology, field::biology:bioinformatics,
implemented-in::c, interface::commandline, interface::text-mode,
role::program, use::analysing, use::comparing
Section: science
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/b/bwa/bwa_0.7.17-3_amd64.deb
Size: 194708
MD5sum: f540551a2b489c5393ff4163f6a96dbb
SHA256: 5276274fce5b9b03adb78b0616e9206bcb2bcb3fafb1afb04aea954a86c79712