How To Install libbamtools2.5.1 on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libbamtools2.5.1 on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is libbamtools2.5.1
libbamtools2.5.1 is:
BamTools facilitates research analysis and data management using BAM files. It copes with the enormous amount of data produced by current sequencing technologies that is typically stored in compressed, binary formats that are not easily handled by the text-based parsers commonly used in bioinformatics research.
BamTools provides both a C++ API for BAM file support as well as a command-line toolkit.
This is the runtime library.
There are three methods to install libbamtools2.5.1 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 libbamtools2.5.1 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libbamtools2.5.1 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libbamtools2.5.1
Install libbamtools2.5.1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libbamtools2.5.1 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libbamtools2.5.1
Install libbamtools2.5.1 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 libbamtools2.5.1 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libbamtools2.5.1
How To Uninstall libbamtools2.5.1 on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the libbamtools2.5.1 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libbamtools2.5.1
Uninstall libbamtools2.5.1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libbamtools2.5.1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libbamtools2.5.1
Remove libbamtools2.5.1 Configurations and Data
To remove libbamtools2.5.1 configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libbamtools2.5.1
Remove libbamtools2.5.1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libbamtools2.5.1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libbamtools2.5.1
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libbamtools2.5.1 package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
