How To Install ntcard 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 ntcard on Ubuntu.
What is ntcard
ntcard is:
As input it takes file(s) in fasta, fastq, sam, or bam formats and computes the total number of distinct k-mers, F0, and also the k-mer coverage frequency histogram, fi, i>=1.
There are three methods to install ntcard 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 ntcard Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ntcard using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ntcard
Install ntcard Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ntcard using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ntcard
Install ntcard 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 ntcard using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ntcard
How To Uninstall ntcard on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the ntcard package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ntcard
Uninstall ntcard And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ntcard and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ntcard
Remove ntcard Configurations and Data
To remove ntcard configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ntcard
Remove ntcard configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ntcard configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ntcard
Dependencies
ntcard have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ntcard package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.