How To Install libmaus2-2 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmaus2-2 on Kali Linux.

What is libmaus2-2

libmaus2-2 is:

Libmaus2 is a collection of data structures and algorithms. It contains

• I/O classes (single byte and UTF-8)
• bitio classes (input, output and various forms of bit level manipulation)
• text indexing classes (suffix and LCP array, fulltext and minute (FM), …)
• BAM sequence alignment files input/output (simple and collating)

and many lower level support classes.

There are three methods to install libmaus2-2 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 libmaus2-2 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libmaus2-2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libmaus2-2

Install libmaus2-2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libmaus2-2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libmaus2-2

Install libmaus2-2 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 libmaus2-2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libmaus2-2

How To Uninstall libmaus2-2 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libmaus2-2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libmaus2-2

Uninstall libmaus2-2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libmaus2-2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmaus2-2

Remove libmaus2-2 Configurations and Data

To remove libmaus2-2 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libmaus2-2

Remove libmaus2-2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libmaus2-2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmaus2-2

Dependencies

libmaus2-2 have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libgcc-s1
• libgmp10
• libgomp1
• libgpgme11
• libnettle8
• libstdc++6
• zlib1g

References

• libmaus2-2 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmaus2-2 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.