How To Install libgbtools-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgbtools-dev on Kali Linux. libgbtools-dev is library for visualising sequence alignments (devel)

Introduction

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

What is libgbtools-dev

libgbtools-dev is:

The SeqTools package contains three tools for visualising sequence alignments: Blixem, Dotter and Belvu.

This package contains the static library and header files.

There are three methods to install libgbtools-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 libgbtools-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 libgbtools-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libgbtools-dev

Install libgbtools-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libgbtools-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libgbtools-dev

How To Uninstall libgbtools-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libgbtools-dev

Uninstall libgbtools-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgbtools-dev

Remove libgbtools-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libgbtools-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libgbtools-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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