How to Install and Uninstall plink Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "plink" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install plink on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall plink on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: plink
Priority: optional
Section: universe/science
Installed-Size: 3400
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Med Packaging Team
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.07-6
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libgcc1 (>= 1:4.1.1), libstdc++6 (>= 4.9), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Recommends: med-config (>= 2.1)
Filename: pool/universe/p/plink/plink_1.07-6_amd64.deb
Size: 1088870
MD5sum: e4e39bdc0846fab09de61e06306ac126
SHA1: 1f3107180ab97e0677633b798b7ee244a93c3d0f
SHA256: 7ede43a49cf0862b211e7659cd893868425938131329667c7f49d7edfe9efce0
Description-en: whole-genome association analysis toolset
plink expects as input the data from SNP (single
nucleotide polymorphism) chips of many individuals
and their phenotypical description of a disease.
It finds associations of single or pairs of DNA
variations with a phenotype and can retrieve
SNP annotation from an online source.
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SNPs can evaluated individually or as pairs for their
association with the disease phenotypes. The joint
investigation of copy number variations is supported.
A variety of statistical tests have been implemented.
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Please note: The executable was renamed to plink1
because of a name clash. Please read more about this
in /usr/share/doc/README.Debian.
Description-md5: 1b6b683c6dd15d85da7b23a2d62c9736
Homepage: http://pngu.mgh.harvard.edu/~purcell/plink/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu