How To Install libblasr-dev on Debian 12

Learn how to install libblasr-dev on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libblasr-dev is tools for aligning PacBio reads to target sequences (development files)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libblasr-dev on Debian 12.

What is `libblasr-dev`

libblasr-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 package contains the header files and static library for the alignment sublibrary.

There are three methods to install libblasr-dev 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 libblasr-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 libblasr-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libblasr-dev

Install libblasr-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libblasr-dev

Install libblasr-dev 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 libblasr-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libblasr-dev

How To Uninstall libblasr-dev on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove libblasr-dev

Uninstall libblasr-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libblasr-dev

Remove libblasr-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libblasr-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libblasr-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libblasr-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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