How To Install libpbihdf-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpbihdf-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 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 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 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 libpbihdf-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libpbihdf-dev
How To Uninstall libpbihdf-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpbihdf-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
