How To Install libmeryl-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmeryl-dev on Kali Linux. libmeryl-dev is in- and out-of-core kmer counting and utilities (development lib)

Introduction

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

What is libmeryl-dev

libmeryl-dev is:

meryl computes the kmer content of genomic sequences. Kmer content is represented as a list of kmers and the number of times each occurs in the input sequences. The kmer can be restricted to only the forward kmer, only the reverse kmer, or the canonical kmer (lexicographically smaller of the forward and reverse kmer at each location). Meryl can report the histogram of counts, the list of kmers and their counts, or can perform mathematical and set operations on the processed data files.

This package contains the static libraries and header files.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libmeryl-dev

Install libmeryl-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libmeryl-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libmeryl-dev

How To Uninstall libmeryl-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libmeryl-dev

Uninstall libmeryl-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmeryl-dev

Remove libmeryl-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libmeryl-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libmeryl-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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