How to Install and Uninstall libncbi6 Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: March 15,2025

You can also install and uninstall the libncbi6 on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

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1. Install "libncbi6" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install libncbi6 on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "libncbi6" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall libncbi6 on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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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 libncbi6 package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: libncbi6
Source: ncbi-tools6
Version: 6.1.20170106+dfsg1-10
Installed-Size: 13724
Maintainer: Debian Med Packaging Team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: ncbi-data (= 6.1.20170106+dfsg1-10), libc6 (>= 2.34), libgnutls30 (>= 3.7.5)
Description: NCBI libraries for biology applications
Description-md5: ee2f5e6d19b749ea798d4e71fc2ea0e6
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/IEB/ToolBox/
Tag: role::shared-lib
Section: libs
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/n/ncbi-tools6/libncbi6_6.1.20170106+dfsg1-10_amd64.deb
Size: 4082188
MD5sum: 3df5b46eee976dafe88444aaf3427f9b
SHA256: 78a7d69e0cb8f2a6b818ba0d7748fa6d4fb79372e48c96ba880baca916dbad71