How To Install lambda-align on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lambda-align on Kali Linux.
What is lambda-align
lambda-align is:
Lambda is a local biosequence aligner optimized for many query sequences and searches in protein space. It is compatible to the de facto standard tool BLAST, but often outperforms the best currently available alternatives at reproducing BLAST??s results and is the fastest compared with the current state of the art at comparable levels of sensitivity.
There are three methods to install lambda-align 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 lambda-align Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install lambda-align using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lambda-alignInstall lambda-align Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install lambda-align using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lambda-alignInstall lambda-align 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install lambda-align using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lambda-alignHow To Uninstall lambda-align on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the lambda-align package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lambda-alignUninstall lambda-align And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lambda-align and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lambda-alignRemove lambda-align Configurations and Data
To remove lambda-align configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lambda-alignRemove lambda-align configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lambda-align configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lambda-alignDependencies
lambda-align have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lambda-align package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
