How to Install bamtools software package in Ubuntu 17.04 (Zesty Zapus)

How to Install bamtools software package in Ubuntu 17.04 (Zesty Zapus)

bamtools software package provides toolkit for manipulating BAM (genome alignment) files, you can install in your Ubuntu 17.04 (Zesty Zapus) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install bamtools 

bamtools is installed in your system.

Make ensure the bamtools package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep bamtools *

You will get with bamtools package name, version, architecture and description in a table

bamtools package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 17
Section Science
Package bamtools
Version 2.4.0+dfsg-6
Description toolkit for manipulating BAM (genome alignment) files
Sub Section Science


See Also, How to uninstall or remove bamtools software package from Ubuntu 17.04 (Zesty Zapus)?