How to Install and Uninstall bowtie Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: February 24,2025

You can also install and uninstall the bowtie on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Ubuntu system

Kubuntu 22.04 LTS
Lubuntu 22.04 LTS
Xubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS
Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Zorin OS 16 / Zorin OS 17
Ubuntu Budgie 22.04

1. Install "bowtie" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install bowtie on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall bowtie on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                bowtie
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the bowtie package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: bowtie
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.3.1-1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: extra
Section: universe/science
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Med Packaging Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 5827
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.3.1), libstdc++6 (>= 11), zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.6), python3
Suggests: bowtie-examples
Filename: pool/universe/b/bowtie/bowtie_1.3.1-1_amd64.deb
Size: 1597122
MD5sum: c620f405c742361e3617e134474b182c
SHA1: d1281322f915a677b450adb81442f6a5ef7b2513
SHA256: 5d3da8db35f40c955d5f706305b23a3ea3e6cb899f6da00741a15f7f0e1ead5c
SHA512: 33f96687736945d15ff770be47816cc5ff1db46c6ed55d58ccc946eea1403568ed8a3f9e11a97fc36b1c2b0ca0f0483e478b9417008c73eef7dcba3e516c0753
Homepage: http://bowtie-bio.sourceforge.net/
Description: Ultrafast memory-efficient short read aligner
Description-md5: 0321cd443ac01259f647358becd22626