How To Install libhts3 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libhts3 on Kali Linux.

What is libhts3

libhts3 is:

HTSlib is an implementation of a unified C library for accessing common file formats, such as SAM (Sequence Alignment/Map), CRAM and VCF (Variant Call Format), used for high-throughput sequencing data, and is the core library used by samtools and bcftools. HTSlib only depends on zlib. It is known to be compatible with gcc, g++ and clang.

HTSlib implements a generalized BAM (binary SAM) index, with file extension ??csi?? (coordinate-sorted index). The HTSlib file reader first looks for the new index and then for the old if the new index is absent.

There are three methods to install libhts3 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 libhts3 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libhts3 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libhts3

Install libhts3 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libhts3 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libhts3

Install libhts3 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 libhts3 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libhts3

How To Uninstall libhts3 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libhts3 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libhts3

Uninstall libhts3 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libhts3 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libhts3

Remove libhts3 Configurations and Data

To remove libhts3 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libhts3

Remove libhts3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libhts3 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libhts3

Dependencies

libhts3 have the following dependencies:

• libbz2-1.0
• libc6
• libcurl3-gnutls
• libdeflate0
• liblzma5
• libssl1.1
• zlib1g

References

• libhts3 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libhts3 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.