How to Install and Uninstall samtools Package on openSuSE Tumbleweed

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "samtools" package

This tutorial shows how to install samtools on openSuSE Tumbleweed

$ sudo zypper refresh $ sudo zypper install samtools

2. Uninstall "samtools" package

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

$ sudo zypper remove samtools

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.