How To Install ncbi-data on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ncbi-data on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is ncbi-data
ncbi-data is:
This package contains support files needed by the NCBI toolkit on all platforms.
There are three methods to install ncbi-data 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 ncbi-data Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ncbi-data using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ncbi-data
Install ncbi-data Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ncbi-data using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ncbi-data
Install ncbi-data 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 ncbi-data using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ncbi-data
How To Uninstall ncbi-data on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the ncbi-data package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ncbi-data
Uninstall ncbi-data And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ncbi-data and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ncbi-data
Remove ncbi-data Configurations and Data
To remove ncbi-data configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ncbi-data
Remove ncbi-data configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ncbi-data configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ncbi-data
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ncbi-data package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
