How to Install and Uninstall fast5 Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: January 24,2025

You can also install and uninstall the fast5 on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
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1. Install "fast5" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install fast5 on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                fast5
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "fast5" package

Learn how to uninstall fast5 on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                fast5
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the fast5 package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: fast5
Version: 0.6.5-7
Installed-Size: 31
Maintainer: Debian Med Packaging Team
Architecture: all
Depends: python3:any, python3-fast5 (>= 0.6.5-7)
Description: utilities for manipulating Oxford Nanopore Fast5 files
Description-md5: 29ad35112fa0e0dc4cfa90fc249ba3d0
Homepage: https://github.com/mateidavid/fast5
Section: science
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/f/fast5/fast5_0.6.5-7_all.deb
Size: 8364
MD5sum: 1b91c2389bb0e5b5e42177f3959b026e
SHA256: 23532217af8c8ca73bf26d748269aa84268f22cdfa9da227da717b6aa8c8a500