How to Install and Uninstall bowtie2 Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 14,2024

You can also install and uninstall the bowtie2 on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "bowtie2" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install bowtie2 on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "bowtie2" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall bowtie2 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 bowtie2 package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: bowtie2
Source: bowtie2 (2.5.0-3)
Version: 2.5.0-3+b2
Installed-Size: 5512
Maintainer: Debian Med Packaging Team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: python3, libc6 (>= 2.34), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.4), libstdc++6 (>= 12), zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.6), perl:any
Suggests: bowtie2-examples
Description: ultrafast memory-efficient short read aligner
Description-md5: a4a641e19bb5b2750860b5cde2b844a2
Homepage: https://bowtie-bio.sourceforge.net/bowtie2
Built-Using: simde (= 0.7.4~rc2-2)
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_2.5.0-3+b2_amd64.deb
Size: 1409228
MD5sum: 638dfc09397c27dd2f719efa423b43e5
SHA256: 912b735ff18880f34fce0059c5437fcc4f30f18f4c8b3ae9ecd17ed4a8f6c562