How To Install pbbarcode on Debian 10

Learn how to install pbbarcode on Debian 10 with this tutorial. pbbarcode is annotate PacBio sequencing reads with barcode information

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pbbarcode on Debian 10.

What is pbbarcode

pbbarcode is:

The pbbarcode package provides tools for annotating PacBio sequencing reads with barcode information. Typically, pbbarcode is called in context of a SMRTPipe workflow as opposed to directly on the command line, however, users are encouraged to utilize the command-line utility directly, as more options are available.

This package is part of the SMRTAnalysis suite.

There are three methods to install pbbarcode on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install pbbarcode Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install pbbarcode

Install pbbarcode Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install pbbarcode using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install pbbarcode

Install pbbarcode 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install pbbarcode

How To Uninstall pbbarcode on Debian 10

To uninstall only the pbbarcode package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove pbbarcode

Uninstall pbbarcode And Its Dependencies

To uninstall pbbarcode and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove pbbarcode

Remove pbbarcode Configurations and Data

To remove pbbarcode configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge pbbarcode

Remove pbbarcode configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pbbarcode

Dependencies

pbbarcode have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install pbbarcode package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.