How To Install libtabixpp-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libtabixpp-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libtabixpp-dev
libtabixpp-dev is:
This package provides development headers and static libraries for libtabixpp, a C++ interface wrapper for Tabix. Tabix is a part of htslib to index tabular files in which some columns indicate sequence coordinates.
There are three methods to install libtabixpp-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 libtabixpp-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 libtabixpp-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libtabixpp-dev
Install libtabixpp-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libtabixpp-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libtabixpp-dev
Install libtabixpp-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 libtabixpp-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libtabixpp-dev
How To Uninstall libtabixpp-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libtabixpp-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libtabixpp-dev
Uninstall libtabixpp-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libtabixpp-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libtabixpp-dev
Remove libtabixpp-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libtabixpp-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libtabixpp-dev
Remove libtabixpp-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libtabixpp-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libtabixpp-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libtabixpp-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.