How To Install libconsensuscore-dev on Debian 12

Learn how to install libconsensuscore-dev on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libconsensuscore-dev is algorithms for PacBio multiple sequence consensus – development files

Introduction

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

What is libconsensuscore-dev

libconsensuscore-dev is:

ConsensusCore is a library of C++ algorithms for Pacific Biosciences multiple sequence consensus that powers Quiver (Python) and ConsensusTools (.NET). This library primarily exists as the backend for GenomicConsensus, which implements Quiver.

This package is part of the SMRT Analysis suite. It provides the header files and static library.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libconsensuscore-dev

Install libconsensuscore-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libconsensuscore-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libconsensuscore-dev

How To Uninstall libconsensuscore-dev on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove libconsensuscore-dev

Uninstall libconsensuscore-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libconsensuscore-dev

Remove libconsensuscore-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libconsensuscore-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libconsensuscore-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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