How To Install libpbbam on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpbbam on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libpbbam
libpbbam 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
There are three methods to install libpbbam on Ubuntu 18.04. 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 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libpbbam using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libpbbam
Install libpbbam Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libpbbam using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libpbbam
Install libpbbam 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libpbbam using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libpbbam
How To Uninstall libpbbam on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libpbbam package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libpbbam
Uninstall libpbbam And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libpbbam and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpbbam
Remove libpbbam Configurations and Data
To remove libpbbam configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libpbbam
Remove libpbbam configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libpbbam configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpbbam
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpbbam package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
