How To Install libpicard-java on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpicard-java on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libpicard-java
libpicard-java is:
SAM (Sequence Alignment/Map) format is a generic format for storing large nucleotide sequence alignments. This library provides classes to manipulate SAM and BAM files.
A command line wrapper for this library is provided in the picard-tools package.
There are three methods to install libpicard-java on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libpicard-java Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libpicard-java using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libpicard-java
Install libpicard-java Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libpicard-java using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libpicard-java
Install libpicard-java 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 libpicard-java using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libpicard-java
How To Uninstall libpicard-java on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libpicard-java package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libpicard-java
Uninstall libpicard-java And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libpicard-java and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpicard-java
Remove libpicard-java Configurations and Data
To remove libpicard-java configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libpicard-java
Remove libpicard-java configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libpicard-java configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpicard-java
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpicard-java package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
