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