How to Install and Uninstall libblasr Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: January 11,2025

1. Install "libblasr" package

This is a short guide on how to install libblasr on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libblasr
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libblasr" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall libblasr on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libblasr
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libblasr package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: libblasr
Priority: optional
Section: universe/libs
Installed-Size: 2208
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Med Packaging Team
Architecture: amd64
Source: pbseqlib
Version: 0~20151014+gitbe5d1bf-2
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.17), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.0), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), libpbdata (= 0~20151014+gitbe5d1bf-2), libpbihdf (= 0~20151014+gitbe5d1bf-2)
Filename: pool/universe/p/pbseqlib/libblasr_0~20151014+gitbe5d1bf-2_amd64.deb
Size: 808734
MD5sum: c76f677af25477e601e915a2581a79cb
SHA1: 67158df19193d6b15daea2fffb58fabd116b1372
SHA256: 58725a4c3d48b4114ffbf1e24f13d77ccfcd0629232b5d983e277a492d10ca98
Description-en: tools for aligning PacBio reads to target sequences
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.
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This package contains the alignment sublibrary.
Description-md5: 7d8a4565bcb39d80aab2a0efe55a1b2b
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://github.com/PacificBiosciences/blasr_libcpp
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu