How To Install fml-asm on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install fml-asm on Kali Linux. fml-asm is tool for assembling Illumina short reads in small regions

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fml-asm on Kali Linux.

What is fml-asm

fml-asm is:

Fml-asm is a command-line tool for assembling Illumina short reads in regions from 100bp to 10 million bp in size, based on the fermi-lite library. It is largely a light-weight in-memory version of fermikit without generating any intermediate files. It inherits the performance, the relatively small memory footprint and the features of fermikit. In particular, fermi-lite is able to retain heterozygous events and thus can be used to assemble diploid regions for the purpose of variant calling.

There are three methods to install fml-asm 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 fml-asm Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install fml-asm using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install fml-asm

Install fml-asm Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install fml-asm

Install fml-asm 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 fml-asm using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fml-asm

How To Uninstall fml-asm on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the fml-asm package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove fml-asm

Uninstall fml-asm And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fml-asm

Remove fml-asm Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge fml-asm

Remove fml-asm configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fml-asm

Dependencies

fml-asm have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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