How To Install megahit on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install megahit
on Kali Linux.
What is megahit
megahit is:
Megahit is an ultra-fast and memory-efficient NGS assembler. It is optimized for metagenomes, but also works well on generic single genome assembly (small or mammalian size) and single-cell assembly.
The software was praised in a Briefings in Bioinformatics 5/2020 review (DOI: 10.1093/bib/bbaa085).
There are three methods to install megahit
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 megahit Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install megahit
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install megahit
Install megahit Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install megahit
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install megahit
Install megahit 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 megahit
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install megahit
How To Uninstall megahit on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the megahit
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove megahit
Uninstall megahit And Its Dependencies
To uninstall megahit
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove megahit
Remove megahit Configurations and Data
To remove megahit
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge megahit
Remove megahit configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove megahit
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge megahit
Dependencies
megahit have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install megahit
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.