How to Install picard-tools software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

How to Install picard-tools software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

picard-tools software package provides Command line tools to manipulate SAM and BAM files, you can install in your Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install picard-tools 

picard-tools is installed in your system.

Make ensure the picard-tools package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep picard-tools *

You will get with picard-tools package name, version, architecture and description in a table

picard-tools package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr
Section Science
Package picard-tools
Version 1.105-1
Description Command line tools to manipulate SAM and BAM files
Sub Section Science


See Also, How to uninstall or remove picard-tools software package from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)?