How To Install libgkl-jni on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
2 minutes • 369 words
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgkl-jni on Ubuntu.
What is libgkl-jni
libgkl-jni is:
Java library with optimized versions of compute kernels used in genomics applications like GATK and HTSJDK. These kernels are optimized to run on Intel Architecture (AVX, AVX2, AVX-512, multicore, and FPGA) under 64-bit Linux.
This package contains the x86 native libraries used by libglk-java
There are three methods to install libgkl-jni on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libgkl-jni Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libgkl-jni using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgkl-jni
Install libgkl-jni Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libgkl-jni using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgkl-jni
Install libgkl-jni 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 libgkl-jni using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgkl-jni
How To Uninstall libgkl-jni on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the libgkl-jni package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgkl-jni
Uninstall libgkl-jni And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgkl-jni and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgkl-jni
Remove libgkl-jni Configurations and Data
To remove libgkl-jni configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgkl-jni
Remove libgkl-jni configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgkl-jni configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgkl-jni
Dependencies
libgkl-jni have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgkl-jni package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.