How To Install hdf5-plugin-lzf on Debian 12

Learn how to install hdf5-plugin-lzf on Debian 12 with this tutorial. hdf5-plugin-lzf is hdf5 plugin to lzf compression library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install hdf5-plugin-lzf on Debian 12.

What is hdf5-plugin-lzf

hdf5-plugin-lzf is:

HDF5 (Hierarchical Data Format library, version 5) is a versatile, mature scientific software library designed for the fast, flexible storage of enormous amounts of data.

This package provides a plugin to the HDF5 LZF filter for the LZF compression library. Plugins are built for both serial (single processor) jobs (libhdf5-dev) and for multiprocessor (threaded) jobs (libhdf5-mpi-dev).

There are three methods to install hdf5-plugin-lzf on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install hdf5-plugin-lzf Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install hdf5-plugin-lzf using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install hdf5-plugin-lzf

Install hdf5-plugin-lzf Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install hdf5-plugin-lzf using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install hdf5-plugin-lzf

Install hdf5-plugin-lzf 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 hdf5-plugin-lzf using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install hdf5-plugin-lzf

How To Uninstall hdf5-plugin-lzf on Debian 12

To uninstall only the hdf5-plugin-lzf package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove hdf5-plugin-lzf

Uninstall hdf5-plugin-lzf And Its Dependencies

To uninstall hdf5-plugin-lzf and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove hdf5-plugin-lzf

Remove hdf5-plugin-lzf Configurations and Data

To remove hdf5-plugin-lzf configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge hdf5-plugin-lzf

Remove hdf5-plugin-lzf configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove hdf5-plugin-lzf configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge hdf5-plugin-lzf

Dependencies

hdf5-plugin-lzf have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install hdf5-plugin-lzf package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.