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

Last updated: May 17,2024

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

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1. Install "lighter" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install lighter on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

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

Package: lighter
Version: 1.1.2-7
Installed-Size: 124
Maintainer: Debian Med Packaging Team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libstdc++6 (>= 5), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Description: fast and memory-efficient sequencing error corrector
Description-md5: d74b2a45c8fc23deeeeaa702ae0ce9dc
Homepage: https://github.com/mourisl/Lighter
Section: science
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/l/lighter/lighter_1.1.2-7_amd64.deb
Size: 47352
MD5sum: e991a9269a137bb2d1776932d1e289a4
SHA256: 2eedd7c0de25374d35040f4d915418d1168d48229f44ea75d2bccf2b91051a8b