How To Install libpbdata on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpbdata on Debian 9.
What is libpbdata
libpbdata 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 pbdata sublibrary.
There are three methods to install libpbdata on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libpbdata Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libpbdata using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libpbdata
Install libpbdata Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libpbdata using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libpbdata
Install libpbdata 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 libpbdata using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libpbdata
How To Uninstall libpbdata on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libpbdata package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libpbdata
Uninstall libpbdata And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libpbdata and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpbdata
Remove libpbdata Configurations and Data
To remove libpbdata configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libpbdata
Remove libpbdata configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libpbdata configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpbdata
Dependencies
libpbdata have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpbdata package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.