How To Install libgkl-java on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is libgkl-java

libgkl-java is:

Java library with optimized versions of compute kernels used in genomics applications like GATK and HTSJDK. These kernels are optimized to run on Intel Architecture (AVX, AVX2, AVX-512, multicore, and FPGA) under 64-bit Linux.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libgkl-java

Install libgkl-java Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libgkl-java

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

sudo aptitude -y install libgkl-java

How To Uninstall libgkl-java on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libgkl-java

Uninstall libgkl-java And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgkl-java

Remove libgkl-java Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libgkl-java

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

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

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

Dependencies

libgkl-java have the following dependencies:

References

• libgkl-java website

Summary

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