How To Install vmatch on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install vmatch on Kali Linux.

What is vmatch

vmatch is:

Vmatch is a versatile software tool for e??ciently solving large scale sequence matching tasks. It subsumes the software tool REPuter, but is much more general, with a very ??exible user interface, and improved space and time requirements.

There are three methods to install vmatch 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 vmatch Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install vmatch

Install vmatch Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install vmatch using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install vmatch

Install vmatch 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 vmatch using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install vmatch

How To Uninstall vmatch on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the vmatch package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove vmatch

Uninstall vmatch And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove vmatch

Remove vmatch Configurations and Data

To remove vmatch configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge vmatch

Remove vmatch configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vmatch

Dependencies

vmatch have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• zlib1g

References

• vmatch website

Summary

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