How To Install libbiojava-java on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libbiojava-java on Kali Linux.

What is libbiojava-java

libbiojava-java is:

BioJava is an open-source project dedicated to providing a Java framework for processing biological data. It includes objects for manipulating sequences, file parsers, DAS client and server support, access to BioSQL and Ensembl databases, and powerful analysis and statistical routines including a dynamic programming toolkit.

BioJava is provided by a vibrant community which meets annually at the Bioinformatics Open Source Conference (BOSC) that traditionally accompanies the Intelligent Systems in Molecular Biology (ISMB) meeting. Much like BioPerl, the employment of this library is valuable for everybody active in the field because of the many tricks of the trade one learns just by communicating on the mailing list.

This is a wrapper package which should enable smooth upgrades to new versions.

There are three methods to install libbiojava-java 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 libbiojava-java Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libbiojava-java using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libbiojava-java

Install libbiojava-java Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libbiojava-java

Install libbiojava-java 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 libbiojava-java using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libbiojava-java

How To Uninstall libbiojava-java on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libbiojava-java package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libbiojava-java

Uninstall libbiojava-java And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libbiojava-java

Remove libbiojava-java Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libbiojava-java

Remove libbiojava-java configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libbiojava-java

Dependencies

libbiojava-java have the following dependencies:

• libbiojava1.7-java

References

• libbiojava-java website

Summary

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