How To Install libpbdata-dev on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpbdata-dev on Ubuntu.
What is libpbdata-dev
libpbdata-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 pbdata sublibrary.
There are three methods to install libpbdata-dev on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libpbdata-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 libpbdata-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libpbdata-dev
Install libpbdata-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libpbdata-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libpbdata-dev
Install libpbdata-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 libpbdata-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libpbdata-dev
How To Uninstall libpbdata-dev on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the libpbdata-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libpbdata-dev
Uninstall libpbdata-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libpbdata-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpbdata-dev
Remove libpbdata-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libpbdata-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libpbdata-dev
Remove libpbdata-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libpbdata-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpbdata-dev
Dependencies
libpbdata-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpbdata-dev package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.