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

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "bwa" package

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

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install bwa

2. Uninstall "bwa" package

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

$ sudo apt remove bwa $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

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