How to Install and Uninstall libfast5-dev Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: February 16,2025

You can also install and uninstall the libfast5-dev on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
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1. Install "libfast5-dev" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install libfast5-dev on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "libfast5-dev" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall libfast5-dev on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libfast5-dev package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: libfast5-dev
Source: fast5
Version: 0.6.5-7
Installed-Size: 349
Maintainer: Debian Med Packaging Team
Architecture: all
Depends: libhdf5-dev | libhdf5-mpich-dev | libhdf5-openmpi-dev
Description: library for reading Oxford Nanopore Fast5 files -- headers
Description-md5: d4bbcfc228087168e05149e89c443049
Homepage: https://github.com/mateidavid/fast5
Tag: devel::lang:c++, devel::library, implemented-in::c++, role::devel-lib
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/f/fast5/libfast5-dev_0.6.5-7_all.deb
Size: 50188
MD5sum: 97fd0d10ad02c08b52b2dee07b49ee20
SHA256: 1eaacf26fed439b5868fbe1705dea0725dbd1a38d96bba9d89bafc9d3ebb15e8