How to Install and Uninstall ncbi-data Package on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "ncbi-data" package

This tutorial shows how to install ncbi-data on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)


    
        
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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 step by step instructions below to uninstall ncbi-data on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                ncbi-data
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the ncbi-data package on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Package: ncbi-data
Architecture: all
Version: 6.1.20170106+dfsg1-10
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: universe/libs
Source: ncbi-tools6
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Med Packaging Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 24832
Filename: pool/universe/n/ncbi-tools6/ncbi-data_6.1.20170106+dfsg1-10_all.deb
Size: 4395136
MD5sum: 96b935c7488066e459e730bbbef32448
SHA1: 48d971ffe30e75c78431816144fe6408810d1ad5
SHA256: 8bbe2dd8dc12d24ab5447748ed970de2ac4552be958f8b47930a5695ad95a32d
SHA512: 048cb3523cfa7fd7e44fea894dc86967b8f8a44e72b29008944f18ca4a6982a6c26d810b5deb8d1c5a4cb49edca9b481191be735ebb3c285bd77d2626b8cb193
Homepage: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/IEB/ToolBox/
Description: Platform-independent data for the NCBI toolkit
Description-md5: 7f8f44c9d5294fddcb8e3938701bc042