How to Install and Uninstall samtools Package on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "samtools" package

This is a short guide on how to install samtools on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)


    
        
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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 guidance below to uninstall samtools on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur):


    
        
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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 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Package: samtools
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.17-1
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: 1268
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libhts3 (>= 1.17), libncurses6 (>= 6), libtinfo6 (>= 6), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Suggests: cwltool
Filename: pool/universe/s/samtools/samtools_1.17-1_amd64.deb
Size: 577214
MD5sum: 04c4ac5f3cf5e699feed836b5bbfe7fc
SHA1: 9a187fcc697d592caa7096b6903a297cec139211
SHA256: 19c1193bf13b9fbcc4293a3db1e11ab562b606c39d9a0448adf62700e1d0e71c
SHA512: 096d920a9f69d89207a7267753a57f09ecba16f15d70404784c0021335ace382ee1fde186fd7b5bf90d37b39eb5954a3141fd4dc48cd00bb374fe300f93fee82
Homepage: https://www.htslib.org/
Description: processing sequence alignments in SAM, BAM and CRAM formats
Description-md5: 7ede2464ff1fbf70b3103067b7192874