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

Last updated: May 10,2024

1. Install "tophat" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install tophat on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

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


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

Package: tophat
Priority: optional
Section: universe/science
Installed-Size: 3913
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Med Packaging Team
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.1.0+dfsg-1build1
Depends: libboost-system1.58.0, libboost-thread1.58.0, libc6 (>= 2.15), libgcc1 (>= 1:4.1.1), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.3.3), python, bowtie2 | bowtie
Suggests: cufflinks
Filename: pool/universe/t/tophat/tophat_2.1.0+dfsg-1build1_amd64.deb
Size: 731504
MD5sum: b16b3d37937ffa6c00c8ca0d72502795
SHA1: 09723c8bb7c5984c26368b6b04f114fc2e4001fc
SHA256: ece71248c45c7c859a80ce58c6d0e216ca8a8c2bff056c7cf57fdc08088dadaf
Description-en: fast splice junction mapper for RNA-Seq reads
TopHat aligns RNA-Seq reads to mammalian-sized genomes using the ultra
high-throughput short read aligner Bowtie, and then analyzes the
mapping results to identify splice junctions between exons.
TopHat is a collaborative effort between the University of Maryland
Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology and the
University of California, Berkeley Departments of Mathematics and
Molecular and Cell Biology.
Description-md5: 9cc01583a12c23af71b350c1cd8d209b
Homepage: http://ccb.jhu.edu/software/tophat
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu