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

Last updated: May 15,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "bwa" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install bwa on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall bwa 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 bwa package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: bwa
Source: bwa (0.7.17-7)
Version: 0.7.17-7+b2
Installed-Size: 453
Maintainer: Debian Med Packaging Team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Recommends: perl
Suggests: samtools
Description: Burrows-Wheeler Aligner
Description-md5: 7b904940a9f5331affa84d4b72dedb30
Homepage: http://bio-bwa.sourceforge.net/
Built-Using: simde (= 0.7.4~rc2-2)
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_0.7.17-7+b2_amd64.deb
Size: 212428
MD5sum: a61c976a3b7c6173606c4904e844f3b3
SHA256: f8f4e6086c7f295caab2c03ee9b64bdde0ef9b4c999782144f4f2c35f04f155f