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

Last updated: May 09,2024

1. Install "tabix" package

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


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
    Copied


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt install
            
                        
                tabix
            
                    
    
    Copied

2. Uninstall "tabix" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall tabix on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                tabix
            
                    
    
    Copied


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
    Copied

3. Information about the tabix package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: tabix
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.7-2
Priority: optional
Section: universe/science
Source: htslib
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Med Packaging Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1692
Depends: libbz2-1.0, libc6 (>= 2.15), libcurl3-gnutls (>= 7.18.0), liblzma5 (>= 5.1.1alpha+20120614), libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.0), zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.0)
Filename: pool/universe/h/htslib/tabix_1.7-2_amd64.deb
Size: 326076
MD5sum: aa73fec59acb8ff2eebee6c5aa4a1552
SHA1: ce54ac9f4250cf156a53b7669ba13e00eaac5b18
SHA256: 76166539511ce0a4182e7e41f24f9cb1042997d46674196dedbff5dd5a6580c9
Homepage: https://github.com/samtools/htslib
Description: generic indexer for TAB-delimited genome position files
Description-md5: 8712005ee260a697bb78eedf2c010404