How To Install mmseqs2-examples on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mmseqs2-examples on Kali Linux.

What is mmseqs2-examples

mmseqs2-examples is:

MMseqs2 (Many-against-Many sequence searching) is a software suite to search and cluster huge proteins/nucleotide sequence sets. MMseqs2 is open source GPL-licensed software implemented in C++ for Linux, MacOS, and (as beta version, via cygwim) Windows. The software is designed to run on multiple cores and servers and exhibits very good scalability. MMseqs2 can run 10000 times faster than BLAST. At 100 times its speed it achieves almost the same sensitivity. It can perform profile searches with the same sensitivity as PSI-BLAST at over 400 times its speed.

There are three methods to install mmseqs2-examples 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 mmseqs2-examples Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install mmseqs2-examples using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install mmseqs2-examples

Install mmseqs2-examples Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install mmseqs2-examples using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install mmseqs2-examples

Install mmseqs2-examples 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 mmseqs2-examples using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mmseqs2-examples

How To Uninstall mmseqs2-examples on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the mmseqs2-examples package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove mmseqs2-examples

Uninstall mmseqs2-examples And Its Dependencies

To uninstall mmseqs2-examples and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mmseqs2-examples

Remove mmseqs2-examples Configurations and Data

To remove mmseqs2-examples configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge mmseqs2-examples

Remove mmseqs2-examples configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove mmseqs2-examples configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mmseqs2-examples

Dependencies

mmseqs2-examples have the following dependencies:

References

• mmseqs2-examples website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mmseqs2-examples package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.