How To Install libsquizz-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsquizz-dev on Kali Linux. libsquizz-dev is development tools for squizz genetic sequence converter

Introduction

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

What is libsquizz-dev

libsquizz-dev is:

Squizz is a sequence/alignment format checker, but it has some conversion capabilities too. Most common sequence and alignment formats are supported :

  • EMBL, FASTA, GCG, GDE, GENBANK, IG, NBRF, PIR (codata), RAW, and SWISSPROT.
  • CLUSTAL, FASTA, MEGA, MSF, NEXUS, PHYLIP (interleaved and sequential) and STOCKHOLM.

This package provides the required static libs and header files of squizz

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

sudo apt-get -y install libsquizz-dev

Install libsquizz-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libsquizz-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libsquizz-dev

How To Uninstall libsquizz-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libsquizz-dev

Uninstall libsquizz-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsquizz-dev

Remove libsquizz-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libsquizz-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libsquizz-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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