How To Install libgkl-jni on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgkl-jni on Debian 11. libgkl-jni is native libraries of Java library to manipulate SAM and BAM files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgkl-jni on Debian 11.

What is libgkl-jni

libgkl-jni 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.

This package contains the x86 native libraries used by libglk-java

There are three methods to install libgkl-jni on Debian 11. 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-jni 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-jni using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libgkl-jni

Install libgkl-jni Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libgkl-jni

Install libgkl-jni 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install libgkl-jni

How To Uninstall libgkl-jni on Debian 11

To uninstall only the libgkl-jni package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libgkl-jni

Uninstall libgkl-jni And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libgkl-jni and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgkl-jni

Remove libgkl-jni Configurations and Data

To remove libgkl-jni configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libgkl-jni

Remove libgkl-jni configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgkl-jni

Dependencies

libgkl-jni have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgkl-jni package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.