How to Install fastqc software package in Debian 8 (Jessie)

How to Install fastqc software package in Debian 8 (Jessie)

fastqc software package provides quality control for high throughput sequence data, you can install in your Debian 8 (Jessie) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install fastqc 

fastqc is installed in your system.

Make ensure the fastqc package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep fastqc *

You will get with fastqc package name, version, architecture and description in a table

fastqc package basic information:

Distro Debian 8 jessie
Section Science
Package fastqc
Version 0.11.2+dfsg-3
Description quality control for high throughput sequence data
Sub Section Science


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