How To Install libngs-java on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libngs-java on Kali Linux.

What is libngs-java

libngs-java is:

NGS is a new, domain-specific API for accessing reads, alignments and pileups produced from Next Generation Sequencing. The API itself is independent from any particular back-end implementation, and supports use of multiple back-ends simultaneously. It also provides a library for building new back-end “engines”. The engine for accessing SRA data is contained within the sister repository ncbi-vdb.

The API is currently expressed in C++, Java and Python languages. The design makes it possible to maintain a high degree of similarity between the code in one language and code in another - especially between C++ and Java.

Java bindings.

There are three methods to install libngs-java 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 libngs-java Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libngs-java

Install libngs-java Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libngs-java

Install libngs-java 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 libngs-java using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libngs-java

How To Uninstall libngs-java on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libngs-java package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libngs-java

Uninstall libngs-java And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libngs-java

Remove libngs-java Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libngs-java

Remove libngs-java configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libngs-java

Dependencies

libngs-java have the following dependencies:

• libngs-sdk-dev

References

• libngs-java website

Summary

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