How To Install libgkl-java on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgkl-java on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is libgkl-java
libgkl-java is:
Java library with optimized versions of compute kernels used in genomics applications like GATK and HTSJDK. These kernels are optimized to run on Intel Architecture (AVX, AVX2, AVX-512, multicore, and FPGA) under 64-bit Linux.
There are three methods to install libgkl-java on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libgkl-java Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libgkl-java using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgkl-java
Install libgkl-java Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libgkl-java using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgkl-java
Install libgkl-java Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libgkl-java using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgkl-java
How To Uninstall libgkl-java on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the libgkl-java package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgkl-java
Uninstall libgkl-java And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgkl-java and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgkl-java
Remove libgkl-java Configurations and Data
To remove libgkl-java configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgkl-java
Remove libgkl-java configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgkl-java configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgkl-java
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgkl-java package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
