How To Install bustools on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bustools on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is bustools
bustools is:
This package contains BUStools program, it can be used to error correct barcodes, collapse UMIs, produce gene count or transcript compatibility count matrices
There are three methods to install bustools 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 bustools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install bustools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install bustools
Install bustools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install bustools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install bustools
Install bustools 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 bustools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install bustools
How To Uninstall bustools on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the bustools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove bustools
Uninstall bustools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall bustools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove bustools
Remove bustools Configurations and Data
To remove bustools configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge bustools
Remove bustools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove bustools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bustools
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bustools package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
