How To Install libblasr on Debian 10

Learn how to install libblasr on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libblasr is tools for aligning PacBio reads to target sequences

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libblasr on Debian 10.

What is libblasr

libblasr is:

Blasr_libcpp is a library used by blasr and other executables such as samtoh5, loadPulses for analyzing PacBio sequences. This library contains three sub-libraries, including pbdata, hdf and alignment.

This package contains the alignment sublibrary.

There are three methods to install libblasr on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libblasr Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libblasr

Install libblasr Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libblasr using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libblasr

Install libblasr 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libblasr using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libblasr

How To Uninstall libblasr on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libblasr package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libblasr

Uninstall libblasr And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libblasr and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libblasr

Remove libblasr Configurations and Data

To remove libblasr configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libblasr

Remove libblasr configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libblasr

Dependencies

libblasr have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libblasr package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.