How to Install and Uninstall samtools Package on openSuSE Tumbleweed

Last updated: January 11,2025

1. Install "samtools" package

This tutorial shows how to install samtools on openSuSE Tumbleweed


    
        
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                sudo zypper refresh
            
                    
    
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                sudo zypper install
            
                        
                samtools
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "samtools" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall samtools on openSuSE Tumbleweed:


    
        
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                sudo zypper remove
            
                        
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3. Information about the samtools package on openSuSE Tumbleweed

Information for package samtools:
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Repository : openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss
Name : samtools
Version : 1.19-1.2
Arch : x86_64
Vendor : openSUSE
Installed Size : 1.1 MiB
Installed : No
Status : not installed
Source package : samtools-1.19-1.2.src
Upstream URL : https://github.com/samtools/samtools
Summary : Tools for manipulating next-generation sequencing data
Description :
Samtools implements various utilities for post-processing alignments in the
SAM, BAM, and CRAM formats, including indexing, variant calling (in conjunction
with bcftools), and a simple alignment viewer.