How to install bbmap on Ubuntu 20.04 (Focal Fossa)?

In this article we are going to learn the commands and steps to install bbmap package on Ubuntu 20.04 (Focal Fossa).


 

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Quick installation of bbmap Architecture: all Version: 38.79+dfsg-1:

Step 1: Update system:

	sudo apt-get update

Step 2: Install: bbmap Architecture: all Version: 38.79+dfsg-1

Ater updaing the OS run following command to install the packae:

	sudo apt-get install bbmap
Architecture: all
Version: 38.79+dfsg-1

Package Details

Package:bbmap Architecture: all Version: 38.79+dfsg-1
Version:38.79+dfsg-1
Maintainer:Ubuntu Developers
Home page:https://sourceforge.net/projects/bbmap/
Description:short read aligner and other bioinformatic tools BBMap: Short read aligner for DNA and RNA-seq data. Capable of handling arbitrarily large genomes with millions of scaffolds. Handles Illumina, PacBio, 454, and other reads; very high sensitivity and tolerant of errors and numerous large indels. . BBMap is multithreaded as well as the other tools bundled into this package for instance: . BBNorm: Kmer-based error-correction and normalization tool. . Dedupe: Simplifies assemblies by removing duplicate or contained subsequences that share a target percent identity. . Reformat: Reformats reads between fasta/fastq/scarf/fasta+qual/sam, interleaved/paired, and ASCII-33/64, at over 500 MB/s. . BBDuk: Filters, trims, or masks reads with kmer matches to an artifact/contaminant file.
Distro:Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
Release:
Repo/Section:universe/science

How to install bbmap Architecture: all Version: 38.79+dfsg-1 on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS?

First of all update your system with the command:

sudo apt-get update

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Above command will download the package lists for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS on your system. This will update the list of newest versions of packages and its dependencies on your system.

After downloading the latest package list with the help of above you can run the installation process.

If bbmap Architecture: all Version: 38.79+dfsg-1 is not installed on your compter then the command 'dpkg -L bbmap Architecture: all Version: 38.79+dfsg-1' will give followin error.


Installing bbmap Architecture: all Version: 38.79+dfsg-1:

After system update use the following command to install bbmap Architecture: all Version: 38.79+dfsg-1:

sudo apt-get install bbmap
Architecture: all
Version: 38.79+dfsg-1

Above command will confirm before installing the package on your Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Operating System. If you are not already logged in as su, installer will ask you the root password. After completion of the installation you can use the package on your system.

How to uninstall/remove bbmap Architecture: all Version: 38.79+dfsg-1 from Ubuntu 20.04 LTS?

Now we will see the commands for uninstalling the bbmap Architecture: all Version: 38.79+dfsg-1 from Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. For uninstalling this package you can easily use the apt command and remove the package from Linux Operating System.

To remove the bbmap Architecture: all Version: 38.79+dfsg-1 following command is used:

sudo apt-get remove  bbmap
Architecture: all
Version: 38.79+dfsg-1

Following command is used to remove the bbmap Architecture: all Version: 38.79+dfsg-1 package along with its dependencies:

sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove bbmap
Architecture: all
Version: 38.79+dfsg-1

This will remove bbmap Architecture: all Version: 38.79+dfsg-1 and all its dependent packages which is no longer needed in the system.

Completely removing bbmap Architecture: all Version: 38.79+dfsg-1 with all configuration files:

Following command should be used with care as it deletes all the configuration files and data:

sudo apt-get purge bbmap
Architecture: all
Version: 38.79+dfsg-1

or you can use following command also:

sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove bbmap
Architecture: all
Version: 38.79+dfsg-1

Above command will remove all the configuration files and data associated with bbmap Architecture: all Version: 38.79+dfsg-1 package. You can can't recover the delete data, so, use this command with care.