How To Install libngs-sdk1 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libngs-sdk1 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libngs-sdk1
libngs-sdk1 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.
The API is currently expressed in C++, Java and Python languages. The design makes it possible to maintain a high degree of similarity between the code in one language and code in another - especially between C++ and Java.
There are three methods to install libngs-sdk1 on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libngs-sdk1 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libngs-sdk1 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libngs-sdk1
Install libngs-sdk1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libngs-sdk1 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libngs-sdk1
Install libngs-sdk1 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 libngs-sdk1 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libngs-sdk1
How To Uninstall libngs-sdk1 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libngs-sdk1 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libngs-sdk1
Uninstall libngs-sdk1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libngs-sdk1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libngs-sdk1
Remove libngs-sdk1 Configurations and Data
To remove libngs-sdk1 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libngs-sdk1
Remove libngs-sdk1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libngs-sdk1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libngs-sdk1
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libngs-sdk1 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.