How to Install and Uninstall picard-tools Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: February 02,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "picard-tools" package

Please follow the instructions below to install picard-tools on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "picard-tools" package

This guide let you learn how to uninstall picard-tools 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 picard-tools package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: picard-tools
Version: 2.27.5+dfsg-2
Installed-Size: 329
Maintainer: Debian Med Packaging Team
Architecture: all
Depends: default-jre | java6-runtime, libpicard-java (= 2.27.5+dfsg-2)
Description: Command line tools to manipulate SAM and BAM files
Description-md5: a5e12cc7f9a71a23dd5e9e9bceda91b1
Homepage: https://broadinstitute.github.io/picard/
Section: science
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/p/picard-tools/picard-tools_2.27.5+dfsg-2_all.deb
Size: 311096
MD5sum: 50d7165f62f2fccb2ba9de26f1ea7ba6
SHA256: 757864f33a0767f1b23b1c7ce1b8cb7b3f2ce0b2508e5781c40b2d6855e45e65