How To Install libkmc-dev on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is libkmc-dev

libkmc-dev is:

The kmc software is designed for counting k-mers (sequences of consecutive k symbols) in a set of reads. K-mer counting is important for many bioinformatics applications, e.g. developing de Bruijn graph assemblers.

This package contains the C++ library headers for accessing kmc’s output file format.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libkmc-dev

Install libkmc-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libkmc-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libkmc-dev

How To Uninstall libkmc-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libkmc-dev

Uninstall libkmc-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libkmc-dev

Remove libkmc-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libkmc-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libkmc-dev have the following dependencies:

References

• libkmc-dev website

Summary

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