How To Install libgenometools0-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgenometools0-dev on Kali Linux. libgenometools0-dev is development files for GenomeTools

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgenometools0-dev on Kali Linux.

What is libgenometools0-dev

libgenometools0-dev is:

This package contains the GenomeTools static library and necessary header files.

Besides basic bioinformatics data structures, the library contains components for sequence and annotation handling, sequence compression, index structure generation and access, efficient matching, annotation visualization and much more.

There are three methods to install libgenometools0-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 libgenometools0-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 libgenometools0-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libgenometools0-dev

Install libgenometools0-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libgenometools0-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libgenometools0-dev

Install libgenometools0-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 libgenometools0-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libgenometools0-dev

How To Uninstall libgenometools0-dev on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libgenometools0-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libgenometools0-dev

Uninstall libgenometools0-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libgenometools0-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgenometools0-dev

Remove libgenometools0-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libgenometools0-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libgenometools0-dev

Remove libgenometools0-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libgenometools0-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgenometools0-dev

Dependencies

libgenometools0-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgenometools0-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.