How to Install and Uninstall fastqc Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: November 07,2024

1. Install "fastqc" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install fastqc on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall fastqc on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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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 fastqc package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: fastqc
Architecture: all
Version: 0.11.5+dfsg-6
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: 536
Depends: libcommons-math3-java, libjbzip2-java, libhtsjdk-java, default-jre | java7-runtime
Filename: pool/universe/f/fastqc/fastqc_0.11.5+dfsg-6_all.deb
Size: 354202
MD5sum: 39db43d0fc8e733db12408240bf115df
SHA1: feb51bb434bc3ef4c0d4fd4466fc022c4977c42b
SHA256: 4696ef5f115ecc0634e2a241aec8aa1b6b34fc951e482fffdcef9d195e29f0b1
Homepage: http://www.bioinformatics.babraham.ac.uk/projects/fastqc/
Description: quality control for high throughput sequence data
Description-md5: 3b9c41bdb218c0f04973c94902b58b8c