What are the minimum packages required to compile samtools for Debian OS?

Question

[simplitia]

Hi, I'm creating a docker with samtools but want to keep it as small as possible. What are the the minimum packages I need to compile this under Debian OS? thanks.

Answer 1

[Mensur Dlakic]

It requires a C compiler and the following libraries, several of which come standard with most Linux systems:

libz libm libbz2 liblzma libcurl libz  libpthread

After that it is very simple, see here. In my opinion it is not worth creating a separate environment for samtools as most of its requirements are fairly standard and are useful to have installed.

You may want to check out conda channels rather than creating a container from the scratch.