How To Install libpbbam on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpbbam
on Debian 9.
What is libpbbam
libpbbam is:
The BAM format is a binary, compressed, record-oriented container format for raw or aligned sequence reads. The associated SAM format is a text representation of the same data. The specifications for BAM/SAM are maintained by the SAM/BAM Format Specification Working Group.
PacBio-produced BAM files are fully compatible with the BAM specification, but makes use of the extensibility mechanisms of the BAM specification to encode PacBio-specific information. The pbbam library provides tools to work with these files
There are three methods to install libpbbam
on Debian 9. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libpbbam Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libpbbam
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libpbbam
Install libpbbam Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libpbbam
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libpbbam
Install libpbbam 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 libpbbam
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libpbbam
How To Uninstall libpbbam on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libpbbam
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libpbbam
Uninstall libpbbam And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libpbbam
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpbbam
Remove libpbbam Configurations and Data
To remove libpbbam
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libpbbam
Remove libpbbam configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libpbbam
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpbbam
Dependencies
libpbbam have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpbbam
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.