How To Install libssw-java on Debian 10

Learn how to install libssw-java on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libssw-java is Java bindings for libssw

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libssw-java on Debian 10.

What is libssw-java

libssw-java is:

This package provides JNI based Java bindings for libssw, a fast implementation of the Smith-Waterman algorithm using Single-Instruction Multiple-Data (SIMD) instructions to parallelize the algorithm at the instruction level.

There are three methods to install libssw-java on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libssw-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 libssw-java using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libssw-java

Install libssw-java Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libssw-java

Install libssw-java 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install libssw-java

How To Uninstall libssw-java on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove libssw-java

Uninstall libssw-java And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libssw-java and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libssw-java

Remove libssw-java Configurations and Data

To remove libssw-java configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libssw-java

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

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

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

Dependencies

libssw-java have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libssw-java package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.