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

Last updated: May 08,2024

1. Install "samtools" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install samtools on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


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

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


    
        
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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 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: samtools
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.7-1
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: 810
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libhts2 (>= 1.7-1), libncurses5 (>= 6), libtinfo5 (>= 6), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Recommends: python, cwltool
Filename: pool/universe/s/samtools/samtools_1.7-1_amd64.deb
Size: 288496
MD5sum: da1456e7f6f9f4182eb75500d874bf0c
SHA1: 7be17cf601eb964f64f5fa5021d4f4293648c182
SHA256: e0ab79bf4e40b336cb62f055f443dd0cbdf4bd3dfd4e986890ec20d1b25dc94a
Homepage: http://www.htslib.org/
Description: processing sequence alignments in SAM and BAM formats
Description-md5: 4e85a46f75028279c201feb918188cc0