How to Install and Uninstall megahit Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: September 20,2024

1. Install "megahit" package

This tutorial shows how to install megahit on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall megahit on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                megahit
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the megahit package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: megahit
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.2.9-2
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: 8035
Depends: bzip2, python3-all, python3:any, libc6 (>= 2.14), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.4), libgomp1 (>= 6), libstdc++6 (>= 7), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Filename: pool/universe/m/megahit/megahit_1.2.9-2_amd64.deb
Size: 1037360
MD5sum: 1c43016f17abfaf5e2e5ad17c6e43851
SHA1: c97a1f55f8387d4290183cfb06065a4d39397cea
SHA256: 34eeed3754b3dcf84b35de1c54babc867dd1e7dee28f7bdece625a4d47477040
SHA512: d042529682666c9ba2ec37dd45af352df2ab13967fe0c07a6679c6cecb521f3fda220bb0839b923dbdf166c37f1f3d28c0547579e4780f964759f80fbfe2ceec
Homepage: https://github.com/voutcn/megahit
Description-en: ultra-fast and memory-efficient meta-genome assembler
Megahit is an ultra-fast and memory-efficient NGS assembler. It is
optimized for metagenomes, but also works well on generic single genome
assembly (small or mammalian size) and single-cell assembly.
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The software was praised in a Briefings in Bioinformatics 5/2020
review (DOI: 10.1093/bib/bbaa085).
Description-md5: ca1a5f54b468287b534b0f28a3e5a51a