How To Install libpbbam-dev on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpbbam-dev on Kali Linux.
What is libpbbam-dev
libpbbam-dev is:
The BAM format is a binary, compressed, record-oriented container format for raw or aligned sequence reads. The associated SAM format is a text representation of the same data. The specifications for BAM/SAM are maintained by the SAM/BAM Format Specification Working Group.
PacBio-produced BAM files are fully compatible with the BAM specification, but makes use of the extensibility mechanisms of the BAM specification to encode PacBio-specific information. The pbbam library provides tools to work with these files
This package contains the library header files.
There are three methods to install libpbbam-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 libpbbam-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libpbbam-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libpbbam-devInstall libpbbam-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libpbbam-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libpbbam-devInstall libpbbam-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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libpbbam-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libpbbam-devHow To Uninstall libpbbam-dev on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libpbbam-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libpbbam-devUninstall libpbbam-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libpbbam-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpbbam-devRemove libpbbam-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libpbbam-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libpbbam-devRemove libpbbam-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libpbbam-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpbbam-devDependencies
libpbbam-dev have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpbbam-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.