How To Install libngs-sdk2 on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libngs-sdk2 on Kali Linux.
What is libngs-sdk2
libngs-sdk2 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.
There are three methods to install libngs-sdk2 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-sdk2 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libngs-sdk2 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libngs-sdk2Install libngs-sdk2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libngs-sdk2 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libngs-sdk2Install libngs-sdk2 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 libngs-sdk2 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libngs-sdk2How To Uninstall libngs-sdk2 on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libngs-sdk2 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libngs-sdk2Uninstall libngs-sdk2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libngs-sdk2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libngs-sdk2Remove libngs-sdk2 Configurations and Data
To remove libngs-sdk2 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libngs-sdk2Remove libngs-sdk2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libngs-sdk2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libngs-sdk2Dependencies
libngs-sdk2 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libngs-sdk2 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
