How To Install libbiod-dev on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is libbiod-dev

libbiod-dev is:

BioD is a fast and memory efficient bioinformatics library written in the D programming language. BioD aims to:

• Provide a platform for writing high-performance bioinformatics applications in D. BioD achieves this by:
  • automatic parallelization of tasks where possible for example reading and writing BAM files.
  • reducing the GC overhead by avoiding unnecessary memory allocations
• Offer support for manipulating common biological data formats.
• Write clear documented and maintainable codebase.

This package contains the include files for development.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libbiod-dev

Install libbiod-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libbiod-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libbiod-dev

How To Uninstall libbiod-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libbiod-dev

Uninstall libbiod-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libbiod-dev

Remove libbiod-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libbiod-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libbiod-dev have the following dependencies:

• libbiod0

References

• libbiod-dev website

Summary

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