How To Install libpbdata on Debian 10

Learn how to install libpbdata on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libpbdata is tools for handling PacBio sequences

Introduction

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

What is libpbdata

libpbdata 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 pbdata sublibrary.

There are three methods to install libpbdata 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 libpbdata Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libpbdata

Install libpbdata Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libpbdata

Install libpbdata 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 libpbdata using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libpbdata

How To Uninstall libpbdata on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove libpbdata

Uninstall libpbdata And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpbdata

Remove libpbdata Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libpbdata

Remove libpbdata configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpbdata

Dependencies

libpbdata have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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