How to Install and Uninstall samtools Package on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Last updated: February 16,2025

1. Install "samtools" package

This is a short guide on how to install samtools on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                samtools
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "samtools" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall samtools on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat):


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

Package: samtools
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.19.2-1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/science
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Med Packaging Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1308
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libhts3 (>= 1.17), libncurses6 (>= 6), libtinfo6 (>= 6), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Suggests: cwltool
Filename: pool/universe/s/samtools/samtools_1.19.2-1_amd64.deb
Size: 592724
MD5sum: 2b7a139dd43bb2b9831cba447d6b27dc
SHA1: ed4259acc6d4799239fa78d62dca45e350b4d25f
SHA256: 84f00dd51235989ae9f0de9fee6285ff130081a0ce0b56375742249576ce5f0c
SHA512: 06db6ab8ba12d79f31a41f0ed8624b27438be991c33af9bfbaec46c6100b191d5fde1081a9aa585947890250a0993f230adfc700e296dc26db9304d8c2cd50bd
Homepage: https://www.htslib.org/
Description: processing sequence alignments in SAM, BAM and CRAM formats
Description-md5: 7ede2464ff1fbf70b3103067b7192874