How to Install and Uninstall kraken2 Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: February 24,2025

You can also install and uninstall the kraken2 on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "kraken2" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install kraken2 on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                kraken2
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "kraken2" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall kraken2 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 kraken2 package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: kraken2
Version: 2.1.2-2
Installed-Size: 1787
Maintainer: Debian Med Packaging Team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libgomp1 (>= 6), libstdc++6 (>= 11), ncbi-blast+
Description: taxonomic classification system using exact k-mer matches
Description-md5: 70f2ff9ad084534e552c6c2118d2a186
Homepage: https://www.ccb.jhu.edu/software/kraken2/
Section: science
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/k/kraken2/kraken2_2.1.2-2_amd64.deb
Size: 831588
MD5sum: 861f3560973bc8f1f108370d764526f5
SHA256: 88d764c767f9ade07d3325bc5bc95a3574d7d3fe7804947fd897f3c603045b3c