How To Install libngs-sdk-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libngs-sdk-dev on Kali Linux. libngs-sdk-dev is Next Generation Sequencing language Bindings (development)

Introduction

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

What is libngs-sdk-dev

libngs-sdk-dev 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.

This is the development package.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libngs-sdk-dev

Install libngs-sdk-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libngs-sdk-dev

Install libngs-sdk-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 libngs-sdk-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libngs-sdk-dev

How To Uninstall libngs-sdk-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libngs-sdk-dev

Uninstall libngs-sdk-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libngs-sdk-dev

Remove libngs-sdk-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libngs-sdk-dev

Remove libngs-sdk-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libngs-sdk-dev

Dependencies

libngs-sdk-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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