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

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "bwa" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install bwa on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall bwa on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


    
        
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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 bwa package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Package: bwa
Source: bwa (0.7.17-6)
Version: 0.7.17-6+b1
Installed-Size: 452
Maintainer: Debian Med Packaging Team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.29), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Recommends: perl
Suggests: samtools
Description: Burrows-Wheeler Aligner
Description-md5: 7b904940a9f5331affa84d4b72dedb30
Homepage: http://bio-bwa.sourceforge.net/
Built-Using: simde (= 0.7.2-4)
Tag: biology::peptidic, field::biology, field::biology:bioinformatics,
implemented-in::c, interface::commandline, interface::text-mode,
role::program, use::analysing, use::comparing
Section: science
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/b/bwa/bwa_0.7.17-6+b1_amd64.deb
Size: 211664
MD5sum: 4f0435923f9ea8fa22ad85ccb776c071
SHA256: 77afcff1058220bb1fb365a723bb8aa4d37ed37207cf021f0bc46ac6208a4645