How To Install bbmap-jni on Ubuntu 20.04

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In this tutorial we learn how to install bbmap-jni on Ubuntu 20.04. bbmap-jni is short read aligner and other bioinformatic tools – JNI library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install bbmap-jni on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is bbmap-jni

bbmap-jni is:

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.

This package contains the architecture dependent library for the bbmap
tools.

There are three methods to install bbmap-jni on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install bbmap-jni Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install bbmap-jni using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install bbmap-jni

Install bbmap-jni Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install bbmap-jni using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install bbmap-jni

Install bbmap-jni 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 bbmap-jni using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install bbmap-jni

How To Uninstall bbmap-jni on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the bbmap-jni package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove bbmap-jni

Uninstall bbmap-jni And Its Dependencies

To uninstall bbmap-jni and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove bbmap-jni

Remove bbmap-jni Configurations and Data

To remove bbmap-jni configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge bbmap-jni

Remove bbmap-jni configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove bbmap-jni configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bbmap-jni

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install bbmap-jni package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.

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