How to Install and Uninstall bowtie2 Package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Last updated: January 22,2025

1. Install "bowtie2" package

This guide let you learn how to install bowtie2 on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                bowtie2
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "bowtie2" package

Learn how to uninstall bowtie2 on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                bowtie2
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the bowtie2 package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Package: bowtie2
Source: bowtie2 (2.4.2-2)
Version: 2.4.2-2+b3
Installed-Size: 5305
Maintainer: Debian Med Packaging Team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: python3, libc6 (>= 2.29), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.4), libstdc++6 (>= 9), libtbb2 (>= 2017~U7), zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.6), perl:any
Suggests: bowtie2-examples
Description: ultrafast memory-efficient short read aligner
Description-md5: a4a641e19bb5b2750860b5cde2b844a2
Homepage: http://bowtie-bio.sourceforge.net/bowtie2
Built-Using: simde (= 0.7.2-4)
Tag: biology::nucleic-acids, field::biology, field::biology:bioinformatics,
implemented-in::c++, interface::commandline, role::program,
use::comparing, works-with::biological-sequence
Section: science
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/b/bowtie2/bowtie2_2.4.2-2+b3_amd64.deb
Size: 1342400
MD5sum: 3f0f6d4b24de593f6c898fb34e42f451
SHA256: 8054874167b84f843de1f388b11fb2eb2a2a32454d82af96aaaf18ed41d38ec4