How To Install libpicard-java on Ubuntu

Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpicard-java on Ubuntu.

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. 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

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, 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 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

Dependencies

libpicard-java have the following dependencies:

References

libpicard-java website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpicard-java package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.