How to Install and Uninstall ncbi-data Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: May 09,2024

1. Install "ncbi-data" package

This is a short guide on how to install ncbi-data on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                ncbi-data
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "ncbi-data" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall ncbi-data on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                ncbi-data
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the ncbi-data package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: ncbi-data
Source: ncbi-tools6
Version: 6.1.20170106+dfsg1-0+deb10u2
Installed-Size: 24846
Maintainer: Debian Med Packaging Team
Architecture: all
Replaces: ncbi-rrna-data (<< 6.1.20160908)
Breaks: ncbi-rrna-data (<< 6.1.20160908)
Description: Platform-independent data for the NCBI toolkit
Description-md5: 7f8f44c9d5294fddcb8e3938701bc042
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/IEB/ToolBox/
Tag: role::shared-lib
Section: libs
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/n/ncbi-tools6/ncbi-data_6.1.20170106+dfsg1-0+deb10u2_all.deb
Size: 3551584
MD5sum: 1c9eef827083d6b6d9bdc7694623d1f9
SHA256: 18968183eeee659e43ae4bf47507a58bbfed1d9ad2c31c98760e84bd6cdd2d66