How to Install and Uninstall ncbi-data Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: February 24,2025

1. Install "ncbi-data" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install ncbi-data on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


    
        
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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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall ncbi-data on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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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 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: ncbi-data
Architecture: all
Version: 6.1.20170106-2
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: 25854
Replaces: ncbi-rrna-data (<< 6.1.20160908)
Filename: pool/universe/n/ncbi-tools6/ncbi-data_6.1.20170106-2_all.deb
Size: 3644636
MD5sum: a6ae5ed9617fa2adf61e8015cfe6762e
SHA1: c5e0e6df5c1e5fb794863a599acbb6cb7c6bb298
SHA256: c70a6d41e172c0e0891b51cb33bd5fe95e33d6bcaa68fd910fcda7c45e04d66f
Homepage: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/IEB/ToolBox/
Description: Platform-independent data for the NCBI toolkit
Description-md5: 7f8f44c9d5294fddcb8e3938701bc042