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

Last updated: May 12,2024

1. Install "samtools" package

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


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall samtools on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: samtools
Priority: optional
Section: universe/science
Installed-Size: 1313
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Med Packaging Team
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.1.19-1ubuntu1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), libncurses5 (>= 5.5-5~), libtinfo5, zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.3.3)
Suggests: python
Filename: pool/universe/s/samtools/samtools_0.1.19-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 562112
MD5sum: e8169db3002c0fbdade28dee29f8c503
SHA1: 3a9d629e3d3240d6572d4e401f569a9eae68549a
SHA256: a9e9d83567aee2934f9c9a172d521e93bde125f182d4bba020a241076d5ee1df
Description-en: processing sequence alignments in SAM and BAM formats
Samtools is a set of utilities that manipulate nucleotide sequence alignments
in the binary BAM format. It imports from and exports to the ascii SAM
(Sequence Alignment/Map) format, does sorting, merging and indexing, and allows
to retrieve reads in any regions swiftly. It is designed to work on a stream,
and is able to open a BAM (not SAM) file on a remote FTP or HTTP server.
Description-md5: e2628f0c6fa6eafc0b7ddcd23d4a2a1e
Homepage: http://samtools.sourceforge.net
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu