How To Install libmems-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmems-dev on Kali Linux. libmems-dev is development library to support DNA string matching and comparative genomics

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 update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libmems-dev

Install libmems-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libmems-dev

Install 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 update

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

sudo aptitude -y install libmems-dev

How 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-dev

Uninstall 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-dev

Remove 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-dev

Remove 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-dev

Dependencies

libmems-dev have the following dependencies:

References

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.