How to Install and Uninstall ncbi-data Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 09,2024

1. Install "ncbi-data" package

Please follow the instructions below to install ncbi-data on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                ncbi-data
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "ncbi-data" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall ncbi-data on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                ncbi-data
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the ncbi-data package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: ncbi-data
Priority: optional
Section: universe/libs
Installed-Size: 23046
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Med Packaging Team
Architecture: all
Source: ncbi-tools6
Version: 6.1.20120620-10
Filename: pool/universe/n/ncbi-tools6/ncbi-data_6.1.20120620-10_all.deb
Size: 3259616
MD5sum: a2763a9dcf83cce485ba1177838faf8e
SHA1: 3b7655972c8bb459d7d1668b2b66b099600db90b
SHA256: a2c6c275040f31f8425b1b1e0d12212e942ade96a91c042e9724055b934d766c
Description-en: Platform-independent data for the NCBI toolkit
This package contains support files needed by the NCBI toolkit on all
platforms.
Description-md5: 7f8f44c9d5294fddcb8e3938701bc042
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/IEB/ToolBox/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu