How To Install acedb-other on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install acedb-other on Kali Linux.

What is acedb-other

acedb-other is:

This package collects all those smallish applications that acedb collects under its ‘other’ target of its Makefile.

efetch: presumably short for ’entry fetch’ collects sequence information from common DNA and protein databases.

There are three methods to install acedb-other 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 acedb-other Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install acedb-other

Install acedb-other Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install acedb-other

Install acedb-other 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 acedb-other using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install acedb-other

How To Uninstall acedb-other on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the acedb-other package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove acedb-other

Uninstall acedb-other And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove acedb-other

Remove acedb-other Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge acedb-other

Remove acedb-other configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge acedb-other

Dependencies

acedb-other have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• acedb-other website

Summary

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