How To Install libedlib-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libedlib-dev on Kali Linux. libedlib-dev is library for sequence alignment using edit distance (devel)

Introduction

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

What is libedlib-dev

libedlib-dev is:

A lightweight and super fast C/C++ library for sequence alignment using edit distance.

Calculating edit distance of two strings is as simple as:

edlibAlign(“hello”, 5, “world!”, 6, edlibDefaultAlignConfig()).editDistance; Features

  • Calculates edit distance (Levehnstein distance).
  • It can find optimal alignment path (instructions how to transform first sequence into the second sequence).
  • It can find just the start and/or end locations of alignment path - can be useful when speed is more important than having exact alignment path.
  • Supports multiple alignment methods: global(NW), prefix(SHW) and infix(HW), each of them useful for different scenarios.
  • You can extend character equality definition, enabling you to e.g. have wildcard characters, to have case insensitive alignment or to work with degenerate nucleotides.
  • It can easily handle small or very large sequences, even when finding alignment path, while consuming very little memory.
  • Super fast thanks to Myers’s bit-vector algorithm.

This package contains the static library and the header files.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libedlib-dev

Install libedlib-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libedlib-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libedlib-dev

How To Uninstall libedlib-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libedlib-dev

Uninstall libedlib-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libedlib-dev

Remove libedlib-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libedlib-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libedlib-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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