How To Install libpbihdf-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpbihdf-dev on Kali Linux. libpbihdf-dev is tools for handling PacBio hdf5 files (development files)

Introduction

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

What is libpbihdf-dev

libpbihdf-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 hdf sublibrary.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libpbihdf-dev

Install libpbihdf-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libpbihdf-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libpbihdf-dev

How To Uninstall libpbihdf-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libpbihdf-dev

Uninstall libpbihdf-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpbihdf-dev

Remove libpbihdf-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libpbihdf-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libpbihdf-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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