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

Last updated: March 11,2025

1. Install "sortmerna" package

This guide let you learn how to install sortmerna on Debian 10 (Buster)


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall sortmerna on Debian 10 (Buster):


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

Package: sortmerna
Version: 2.1-3
Installed-Size: 997
Maintainer: Debian Med Packaging Team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.0), libgomp1 (>= 4.9), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2)
Recommends: python
Description: tool for filtering, mapping and OTU-picking NGS reads
Description-md5: 785b2b1a824d6d755aab646a5806eba7
Homepage: http://bioinfo.lifl.fr/RNA/sortmerna/
Section: science
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/s/sortmerna/sortmerna_2.1-3_amd64.deb
Size: 538140
MD5sum: e6bfc21d68889800ce2e534b8d1d80c4
SHA256: 1ec3cb941097db6c6fe11c29c10e1e4b6940b582abea74effd2daa55e26d714a