How To Install libkmc-dev on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libkmc-dev
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is libkmc-dev
libkmc-dev is:
The kmc software is designed for counting k-mers (sequences of consecutive k symbols) in a set of reads. K-mer counting is important for many bioinformatics applications, e.g. developing de Bruijn graph assemblers.
This package contains the C++ library headers for accessing kmc’s output file format.
There are three methods to install libkmc-dev
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 libkmc-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 libkmc-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libkmc-dev
Install libkmc-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libkmc-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libkmc-dev
Install libkmc-dev 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 libkmc-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libkmc-dev
How To Uninstall libkmc-dev on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the libkmc-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libkmc-dev
Uninstall libkmc-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libkmc-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libkmc-dev
Remove libkmc-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libkmc-dev
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libkmc-dev
Remove libkmc-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libkmc-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libkmc-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libkmc-dev
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.