How To Install libpbdata-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpbdata-dev on Kali Linux. libpbdata-dev is tools for handling PacBio sequences (development files)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpbdata-dev on Kali Linux.

What is libpbdata-dev

libpbdata-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 pbdata sublibrary.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libpbdata-dev

Install libpbdata-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libpbdata-dev

Install libpbdata-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 update

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

sudo aptitude -y install libpbdata-dev

How To Uninstall libpbdata-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libpbdata-dev

Uninstall libpbdata-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libpbdata-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpbdata-dev

Remove libpbdata-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libpbdata-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libpbdata-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libpbdata-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpbdata-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.