How To Install libfast5-dev on Debian 10

Learn how to install libfast5-dev on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libfast5-dev is library for reading Oxford Nanopore Fast5 files – headers

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfast5-dev on Debian 10.

What is libfast5-dev

libfast5-dev is:

A lightweight C++11 library to read raw signal data from Oxford Nanopore’s FAST5 files.

This package provides the header files for development with fast5.

There are three methods to install libfast5-dev 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 libfast5-dev Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libfast5-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libfast5-dev

Install libfast5-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libfast5-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libfast5-dev

Install libfast5-dev 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 libfast5-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libfast5-dev

How To Uninstall libfast5-dev on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libfast5-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libfast5-dev

Uninstall libfast5-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libfast5-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libfast5-dev

Remove libfast5-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libfast5-dev configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libfast5-dev

Remove libfast5-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libfast5-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libfast5-dev

Dependencies

libfast5-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfast5-dev package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.