How To Install sigma-align on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install sigma-align
on Kali Linux.
What is sigma-align
sigma-align is:
Sigma (??Simple greedy multiple alignment??) is an alignment program. It’s algorithm and scoring scheme are designed specifically for non-coding DNA sequence.
It uses a strategy of seeking the best possible gapless local alignments. This happens at each step making the best possible alignment consistent with existing alignments. It scores the significance of the alignment based on the lengths of the aligned fragments and a background model. These may be supplied or estimated from an auxiliary file of intergenic DNA.
There are three methods to install sigma-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 sigma-align Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install sigma-align
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install sigma-align
Install sigma-align Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install sigma-align
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install sigma-align
Install sigma-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 update
After updating apt database, We can install sigma-align
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install sigma-align
How To Uninstall sigma-align on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the sigma-align
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove sigma-align
Uninstall sigma-align And Its Dependencies
To uninstall sigma-align
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove sigma-align
Remove sigma-align Configurations and Data
To remove sigma-align
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge sigma-align
Remove sigma-align configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove sigma-align
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sigma-align
Dependencies
sigma-align have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install sigma-align
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.