How to Install and Uninstall sra-toolkit Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: September 29,2024

1. Install "sra-toolkit" package

This guide let you learn how to install sra-toolkit on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                sra-toolkit
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "sra-toolkit" package

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


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

Package: sra-toolkit
Priority: optional
Section: universe/science
Installed-Size: 4854
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Med Packaging Team
Architecture: amd64
Source: sra-sdk
Version: 2.3.5-2+dfsg-1ubuntu1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), sra-toolkit-libs0, zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Filename: pool/universe/s/sra-sdk/sra-toolkit_2.3.5-2+dfsg-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 914890
MD5sum: 679b82ac1819185fe23a5cff4d01db6b
SHA1: 860e8a6d6aaa54ad8aefc734ba5c50e607071b92
SHA256: 9bceb7af10619b30ce9fcaf5681a0bc21dcdd82f8a095d9046e0ef9133e48d2b
Description-en: utilities for the NCBI Sequence Read Archive
Tools for reading the SRA archive, generally by converting individual runs
into some commonly used format such as fastq.
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The textual dumpers "sra-dump" and "vdb-dump" are provided in this
release as an aid in visual inspection. It is likely that their
actual output formatting will be changed in the near future to a
stricter, more formalized representation[s]. PLEASE DO NOT RELY UPON
THE OUTPUT FORMAT SEEN IN THIS RELEASE.
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The "help" information will be improved in near future releases, and
the tool options will become standardized across the set. More documentation
will also be provided documentation on the NCBI web site.
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Tool options may change in the next release. Version 1 tool options
will remain supported wherever possible in order to preserve
operation of any existing scripts.
Description-md5: 53d4a1adc8ab3116c8bf983761e2644e
Homepage: http://trace.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Traces/sra/sra.cgi?view=software
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu