How To Install libgkl-jni on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgkl-jni on Kali Linux. libgkl-jni is native libraries of Java library to manipulate SAM and BAM files

Introduction

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

What is libgkl-jni

libgkl-jni 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.

This package contains the x86 native libraries used by libglk-java

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

sudo apt-get -y install libgkl-jni

Install libgkl-jni Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libgkl-jni

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

sudo aptitude -y install libgkl-jni

How To Uninstall libgkl-jni on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libgkl-jni

Uninstall libgkl-jni And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgkl-jni

Remove libgkl-jni Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libgkl-jni

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

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

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

Dependencies

libgkl-jni have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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