How to Install and Uninstall ncbi-data Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: January 10,2025

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

MX Linux 23
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1. Install "ncbi-data" package

Learn how to install ncbi-data on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall ncbi-data 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 ncbi-data package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: ncbi-data
Source: ncbi-tools6
Version: 6.1.20170106+dfsg1-10
Installed-Size: 24848
Maintainer: Debian Med Packaging Team
Architecture: all
Description: Platform-independent data for the NCBI toolkit
Description-md5: 7f8f44c9d5294fddcb8e3938701bc042
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://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+dfsg1-10_all.deb
Size: 3556660
MD5sum: 71c30154a887e2d024642b9d29e1aa8c
SHA256: 354cc0c37faae65a6f32b301f18611a19e496ff32e364dff8ad00013a1710be0