How to Install and Uninstall libfast5-dev Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: March 15,2025

1. Install "libfast5-dev" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install libfast5-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Learn how to uninstall libfast5-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libfast5-dev
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libfast5-dev package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: libfast5-dev
Priority: optional
Section: universe/libdevel
Installed-Size: 56
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Med Packaging Team
Architecture: all
Source: fast5
Version: 0~20150918-1
Depends: libhdf5-dev | libhdf5-mpich-dev | libhdf5-openmpi-dev
Filename: pool/universe/f/fast5/libfast5-dev_0~20150918-1_all.deb
Size: 10010
MD5sum: cc4be260adae0dfc24c82e9e768e2031
SHA1: ba8203abbc1f179403223cc5c862e140ad8e1e93
SHA256: 7f3890bc8658d88d195a69b461d4aa7ccd321cc7a0bd9a31c391a288aa7986b4
Description-en: library for reading Oxford Nanopore Fast5 files -- headers
A lightweight C++11 library to read raw signal data from Oxford
Nanopore's FAST5 files.
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This package provides the header files for development with fast5.
Description-md5: d4bbcfc228087168e05149e89c443049
Homepage: https://github.com/mateidavid/fast5
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu