How to Install libblasr software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

How to Install libblasr software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

libblasr software package provides tools for aligning PacBio reads to target sequences, you can install in your Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install libblasr 

libblasr is installed in your system.

Make ensure the libblasr package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep libblasr *

You will get with libblasr package name, version, architecture and description in a table

libblasr package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus
Section Libraries
Package libblasr
Version 0~20151014+gitbe5d1bf-2
Description tools for aligning PacBio reads to target sequences
Sub Section Libs


See Also, How to uninstall or remove libblasr software package from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) ?