How To Install libbambamc-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libbambamc-dev on Kali Linux. libbambamc-dev is Development files for reading and writing BAM (genome alignment) files

Introduction

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

What is libbambamc-dev

libbambamc-dev is:

The BAM Format is a binary format for storing sequence data. This is a lightweight C implementation of the read name collation code from the larger bambam C++ project to handle BAM file input and BAM file output.

This package contains the static library and header files.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libbambamc-dev

Install libbambamc-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libbambamc-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libbambamc-dev

How To Uninstall libbambamc-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libbambamc-dev

Uninstall libbambamc-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libbambamc-dev

Remove libbambamc-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libbambamc-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libbambamc-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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