How To Install libmash-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmash-dev on Kali Linux. libmash-dev is development headers and static library for Mash

Introduction

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

What is libmash-dev

libmash-dev is:

This package contains C++ development headers and a static library to build custom programs utilizing Mash, a MinHash based genome distance estimator.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libmash-dev

Install libmash-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libmash-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libmash-dev

How To Uninstall libmash-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libmash-dev

Uninstall libmash-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmash-dev

Remove libmash-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libmash-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libmash-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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