How To Install ntcard on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install ntcard on Ubuntu 22.04. ntcard is Streaming algorithm to estimate cardinality in genomics datasets

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ntcard on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is ntcard

ntcard is:

As input it takes file(s) in fasta, fastq, sam, or bam formats and computes the total number of distinct k-mers, F0, and also the k-mer coverage frequency histogram, fi, i>=1.

There are three methods to install ntcard on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install ntcard Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install ntcard using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install ntcard

Install ntcard Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install ntcard using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install ntcard

Install ntcard Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install ntcard using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ntcard

How To Uninstall ntcard on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the ntcard package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ntcard

Uninstall ntcard And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ntcard and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ntcard

Remove ntcard Configurations and Data

To remove ntcard configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ntcard

Remove ntcard configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove ntcard configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ntcard

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ntcard package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.