How To Install libbamtools2.5.1 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libbamtools2.5.1 on Kali Linux.

What is libbamtools2.5.1

libbamtools2.5.1 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 runtime library.

There are three methods to install libbamtools2.5.1 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 libbamtools2.5.1 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libbamtools2.5.1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libbamtools2.5.1

Install libbamtools2.5.1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libbamtools2.5.1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libbamtools2.5.1

Install libbamtools2.5.1 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 libbamtools2.5.1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libbamtools2.5.1

How To Uninstall libbamtools2.5.1 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libbamtools2.5.1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libbamtools2.5.1

Uninstall libbamtools2.5.1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libbamtools2.5.1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libbamtools2.5.1

Remove libbamtools2.5.1 Configurations and Data

To remove libbamtools2.5.1 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libbamtools2.5.1

Remove libbamtools2.5.1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libbamtools2.5.1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libbamtools2.5.1

Dependencies

libbamtools2.5.1 have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libgcc-s1
• libstdc++6
• zlib1g

References

• libbamtools2.5.1 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libbamtools2.5.1 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.