How to Install and Uninstall fast5 Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: March 15,2025

1. Install "fast5" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install fast5 on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                fast5
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "fast5" package

Learn how to uninstall fast5 on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                fast5
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the fast5 package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: fast5
Version: 0.6.5-2
Installed-Size: 30
Maintainer: Debian Med Packaging Team
Architecture: all
Depends: python3:any, python3-fast5 (>= 0.6.5-2)
Description: utilities for manipulating Oxford Nanopore Fast5 files
Description-md5: 29ad35112fa0e0dc4cfa90fc249ba3d0
Homepage: https://github.com/mateidavid/fast5
Section: science
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/f/fast5/fast5_0.6.5-2_all.deb
Size: 7592
MD5sum: 44271d610d01a74928dfd5c782accab0
SHA256: cfdd84b2b3b5bb2af4015c5c19fc57a15c96956c3fd71fcdf97cd028bc1e0596