How To Install libbamtools-doc on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libbamtools-doc on Kali Linux. libbamtools-doc is docs for dynamic library for manipulating BAM (genome alignment) files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libbamtools-doc on Kali Linux.

What is libbamtools-doc

libbamtools-doc is:

BamTools facilitates research analysis and data management using BAM files. It copes with the enormous amount of data produced by current sequencing technologies that is typically stored in compressed, binary formats that are not easily handled by the text-based parsers commonly used in bioinformatics research.

BamTools provides both a C++ API for BAM file support as well as a command-line toolkit.

This is the documentation for the library.

There are three methods to install libbamtools-doc on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libbamtools-doc Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libbamtools-doc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libbamtools-doc

Install libbamtools-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libbamtools-doc using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libbamtools-doc

Install libbamtools-doc Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libbamtools-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libbamtools-doc

How To Uninstall libbamtools-doc on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libbamtools-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libbamtools-doc

Uninstall libbamtools-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libbamtools-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libbamtools-doc

Remove libbamtools-doc Configurations and Data

To remove libbamtools-doc configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libbamtools-doc

Remove libbamtools-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libbamtools-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libbamtools-doc

Dependencies

libbamtools-doc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libbamtools-doc package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.