How To Install libgatbcore-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgatbcore-dev on Kali Linux. libgatbcore-dev is development library of the Genome Analysis Toolbox

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgatbcore-dev on Kali Linux.

What is libgatbcore-dev

libgatbcore-dev is:

The GATB-CORE project provides a set of highly efficient algorithms to analyse NGS data sets. These methods enable the analysis of data sets of any size on multi-core desktop computers, including very huge amount of reads data coming from any kind of organisms such as bacteria, plants, animals and even complex samples (e.g. metagenomes). Read more about GATB at https://gatb.inria.fr/. By itself GATB-CORE is not an NGS data analysis tool. However, it can be used to create such tools. There already exist a set of ready-to-use tools relying on GATB-CORE library: see https://gatb.inria.fr/software/

This package contains the static library and the header files of the gatb-core library.

There are three methods to install libgatbcore-dev 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 libgatbcore-dev Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libgatbcore-dev

Install libgatbcore-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libgatbcore-dev

Install libgatbcore-dev 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 libgatbcore-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libgatbcore-dev

How To Uninstall libgatbcore-dev on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libgatbcore-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libgatbcore-dev

Uninstall libgatbcore-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgatbcore-dev

Remove libgatbcore-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libgatbcore-dev

Remove libgatbcore-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgatbcore-dev

Dependencies

libgatbcore-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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