How To Install libmems-dev on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmems-dev on Kali Linux.
What is libmems-dev
libmems-dev is:
libMems is a freely available software development library to support DNA string matching and comparative genomics. Among other things, libMems implements an algorithm to perform approximate multi-MUM and multi-MEM identification. The algorithm uses spaced seed patterns in conjunction with a seed-and-extend style hashing method to identify matches. The method is efficient, requiring a maximum of only 16 bytes per base of the largest input sequence, and this data can be stored externally (i.e. on disk) to further reduce memory requirements.
This is the development package containing the statically linked library and the header files.
There are three methods to install libmems-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 libmems-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libmems-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmems-devInstall libmems-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libmems-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmems-devInstall libmems-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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libmems-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmems-devHow To Uninstall libmems-dev on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libmems-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmems-devUninstall libmems-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmems-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmems-devRemove libmems-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libmems-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmems-devRemove libmems-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmems-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmems-devDependencies
libmems-dev have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmems-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.