How To Install fastp on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fastp
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is fastp
fastp is:
All-in-one FASTQ preprocessor, fastp provides functions including quality profiling, adapter trimming, read filtering and base correction. It supports both single-end and paired-end short read data and also provides basic support for long-read data.
There are three methods to install fastp
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 fastp Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install fastp
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fastp
Install fastp Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fastp
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fastp
Install fastp 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 fastp
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fastp
How To Uninstall fastp on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the fastp
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fastp
Uninstall fastp And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fastp
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fastp
Remove fastp Configurations and Data
To remove fastp
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fastp
Remove fastp configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fastp
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fastp
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fastp
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.