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

Last updated: December 27,2024

You can also install and uninstall the samtools 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 "samtools" package

Please follow the instructions below to install samtools on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall samtools on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


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

Package: samtools
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.13-4
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: 1155
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libhts3 (>= 1.13), libncurses6 (>= 6), libtinfo6 (>= 6), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Suggests: cwltool
Breaks: bio-tradis (<= 1.4.5+dfsg-1), iva (<= 1.0.9+ds-6)
Filename: pool/universe/s/samtools/samtools_1.13-4_amd64.deb
Size: 519762
MD5sum: e239bdf64ed941e67ab2637ca07f9e8f
SHA1: 63e642b91c9e27b2e37d6aa2776c4307706f41fe
SHA256: 486d8bf1f717300aa03f3c86187ecce30708da71d40720b4b57423182ac462b2
SHA512: 658ff617e922bc08581075f17cc993f87db577a1017d82c8bcfffe836b5ce969768cc9468b7145dc1104b4a315f3d5dd0f31fd406fec0c3e3ab77e2fc1e02fbd
Homepage: https://www.htslib.org/
Description: processing sequence alignments in SAM, BAM and CRAM formats
Description-md5: 7ede2464ff1fbf70b3103067b7192874