How To Install libpbihdf on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpbihdf on Debian 9.
What is libpbihdf
libpbihdf 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 hdf sublibrary.
There are three methods to install libpbihdf 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 libpbihdf Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libpbihdf using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libpbihdf
Install libpbihdf Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libpbihdf using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libpbihdf
Install libpbihdf 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 libpbihdf using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libpbihdf
How To Uninstall libpbihdf on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libpbihdf package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libpbihdf
Uninstall libpbihdf And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libpbihdf and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpbihdf
Remove libpbihdf Configurations and Data
To remove libpbihdf configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libpbihdf
Remove libpbihdf configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libpbihdf configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpbihdf
Dependencies
libpbihdf have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpbihdf package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
