How To Install librostlab-blast0v5 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install librostlab-blast0v5 on Kali Linux. librostlab-blast0v5 is very fast C++ library for parsing the output of NCBI BLAST programs

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install librostlab-blast0v5 on Kali Linux.

What is librostlab-blast0v5

librostlab-blast0v5 is:

This package provides a very fast library for parsing the default output of NCBI BLAST programs into a C++ structure.

libzerg is faster, but it provides only lexing (i.e. it only returns pairs of token identifiers and token string values). librostlab-blast uses a parser generated with bison on top of a flex-generated lexer very similar to that of libzerg.

This package contains the shared library.

There are three methods to install librostlab-blast0v5 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 librostlab-blast0v5 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install librostlab-blast0v5 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install librostlab-blast0v5

Install librostlab-blast0v5 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install librostlab-blast0v5 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install librostlab-blast0v5

Install librostlab-blast0v5 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 librostlab-blast0v5 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install librostlab-blast0v5

How To Uninstall librostlab-blast0v5 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the librostlab-blast0v5 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove librostlab-blast0v5

Uninstall librostlab-blast0v5 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall librostlab-blast0v5 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove librostlab-blast0v5

Remove librostlab-blast0v5 Configurations and Data

To remove librostlab-blast0v5 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge librostlab-blast0v5

Remove librostlab-blast0v5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove librostlab-blast0v5 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge librostlab-blast0v5

Dependencies

librostlab-blast0v5 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install librostlab-blast0v5 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.