How To Install libpbseq-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpbseq-dev on Kali Linux. libpbseq-dev is library for analyzing PacBio sequencing data (development files)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpbseq-dev on Kali Linux.

What is libpbseq-dev

libpbseq-dev 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 is a metapackage that depends on the pbseqlib component development files.

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

Install libpbseq-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 libpbseq-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libpbseq-dev

Install libpbseq-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libpbseq-dev

Install libpbseq-dev Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install libpbseq-dev

How To Uninstall libpbseq-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libpbseq-dev

Uninstall libpbseq-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libpbseq-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpbseq-dev

Remove libpbseq-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libpbseq-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libpbseq-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libpbseq-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpbseq-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.