How To Install libbamtools-dev on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libbamtools-dev on Kali Linux.
What is libbamtools-dev
libbamtools-dev is:
BamTools facilitates research analysis and data management using BAM files. It copes with the enormous amount of data produced by current sequencing technologies that is typically stored in compressed, binary formats that are not easily handled by the text-based parsers commonly used in bioinformatics research.
BamTools provides both a C++ API for BAM file support as well as a command-line toolkit.
This is the developers API package.
There are three methods to install libbamtools-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 libbamtools-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libbamtools-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libbamtools-devInstall libbamtools-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libbamtools-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libbamtools-devInstall libbamtools-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 libbamtools-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libbamtools-devHow To Uninstall libbamtools-dev on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libbamtools-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libbamtools-devUninstall libbamtools-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libbamtools-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libbamtools-devRemove libbamtools-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libbamtools-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libbamtools-devRemove libbamtools-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libbamtools-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libbamtools-devDependencies
libbamtools-dev have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libbamtools-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.