How to Install and Uninstall libbwa-dev Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: January 10,2025

You can also install and uninstall the libbwa-dev 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 "libbwa-dev" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install libbwa-dev on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "libbwa-dev" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall libbwa-dev 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 libbwa-dev package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: libbwa-dev
Source: bwa (0.7.17-7)
Version: 0.7.17-7+b2
Installed-Size: 471
Maintainer: Debian Med Packaging Team
Architecture: amd64
Suggests: samtools
Description: Burrows-Wheeler Aligner source files
Description-md5: 01833875f8f69852d0cd759251a6ed1b
Homepage: http://bio-bwa.sourceforge.net/
Built-Using: simde (= 0.7.4~rc2-2)
Tag: devel::library, field::biology, field::biology:bioinformatics,
implemented-in::c, interface::commandline, role::devel-lib,
role::program, role::source, use::comparing,
works-with::biological-sequence
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/b/bwa/libbwa-dev_0.7.17-7+b2_amd64.deb
Size: 156340
MD5sum: 248e543c06335fa5c36b9445bec80577
SHA256: ad35ceed59264305d8fd0cac7ed38f4a9a269d535d21a16cf533e6fe73be1f6f