How To Install libparasail-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libparasail-dev on Kali Linux. libparasail-dev is Development heaaders and static libraries for parasail

Introduction

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

What is libparasail-dev

libparasail-dev is:

This package provides development headers and static libraries for parasail. It is a SIMD C library containing implementations of the Smith-Waterman, Needleman-Wunsch, and various semi-global pairwise sequence alignment algorithm.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libparasail-dev

Install libparasail-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libparasail-dev

Install libparasail-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 libparasail-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libparasail-dev

How To Uninstall libparasail-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libparasail-dev

Uninstall libparasail-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libparasail-dev

Remove libparasail-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libparasail-dev

Remove libparasail-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libparasail-dev

Dependencies

libparasail-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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