How to Install and Uninstall bbmap Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: February 16,2025

You can also install and uninstall the bbmap on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "bbmap" package

Please follow the guidance below to install bbmap on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall bbmap on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the bbmap package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: bbmap
Version: 39.01+dfsg-2
Installed-Size: 9338
Maintainer: Debian Med Packaging Team
Architecture: all
Provides: bbtools
Depends: libmpj-java, openjdk-17-jre-headless | java-runtime-headless
Recommends: pigz
Description: BBTools genomic aligner and other tools for short sequences
Description-md5: 11554aad63e51af31dbc4fe8fe6f1828
Homepage: https://sourceforge.net/projects/bbmap/
Section: science
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/b/bbmap/bbmap_39.01+dfsg-2_all.deb
Size: 8740372
MD5sum: 09840d0b359c1ab877e8d4392eefca87
SHA256: 2b29fb2dddf3ca83965cfc0ea00f33fdf21d544853e32e0d271869825269b2a5