How To Install science-biology on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install science-biology on Kali Linux.
What is science-biology
science-biology is:
This metapackage will install Debian Science packages related to Biology. You might also be interested in the field::biology debtag.
This metapackage makes use of the packages med-bio and med-bio-dev (for development of biological applications) which are maintained by Debian Med - another Debian Pure Blend. If you are a biologist you are most probably interested in the Debian Med project which deals with biology and medicine in much more detail then the more general Debian Science.
There are three methods to install science-biology 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 science-biology Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install science-biology using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install science-biologyInstall science-biology Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install science-biology using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install science-biologyInstall science-biology 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 science-biology using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install science-biologyHow To Uninstall science-biology on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the science-biology package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove science-biologyUninstall science-biology And Its Dependencies
To uninstall science-biology and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove science-biologyRemove science-biology Configurations and Data
To remove science-biology configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge science-biologyRemove science-biology configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove science-biology configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge science-biologyDependencies
science-biology have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install science-biology package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
