How To Install libkdf5-dev on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libkdf5-dev on Kali Linux.
What is libkdf5-dev
libkdf5-dev is:
NGS is a new, domain-specific API for accessing reads, alignments and pileups produced from Next Generation Sequencing. The API itself is independent from any particular back-end implementation, and supports use of multiple back-ends simultaneously. It also provides a library for building new back-end “engines”. The engine for accessing SRA data is contained within the sister repository ncbi-vdb.
This library is part of the ncbi-vdb package and provides an interface to the Hierarchical Data Format 5 (HDF5).
This is the development package.
There are three methods to install libkdf5-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 libkdf5-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libkdf5-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libkdf5-devInstall libkdf5-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libkdf5-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libkdf5-devInstall libkdf5-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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libkdf5-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libkdf5-devHow To Uninstall libkdf5-dev on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libkdf5-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libkdf5-devUninstall libkdf5-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libkdf5-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libkdf5-devRemove libkdf5-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libkdf5-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libkdf5-devRemove libkdf5-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libkdf5-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libkdf5-devDependencies
libkdf5-dev have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libkdf5-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
