How To Install libngs-sdk-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libngs-sdk-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 Ubuntu 18.04. 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 first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libngs-sdk-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
