How To Install amap-align on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install amap-align on Kali Linux.
What is amap-align
amap-align is:
AMAP is a command line tool to perform multiple alignment of peptidic sequences. It utilizes posterior decoding, and a sequence-annealing alignment, instead of the traditional progressive alignment method. It is the only alignment program that allows one to control the sensitivity / specificity tradeoff. It is based on the ProbCons source code, but uses alignment metric accuracy and eliminates the consistency transformation.
The Java visualisation tool of AMAP 2.2 is not yet packaged in Debian.
There are three methods to install amap-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 amap-align Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install amap-align using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install amap-alignInstall amap-align Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install amap-align using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install amap-alignInstall amap-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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install amap-align using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install amap-alignHow To Uninstall amap-align on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the amap-align package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove amap-alignUninstall amap-align And Its Dependencies
To uninstall amap-align and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove amap-alignRemove amap-align Configurations and Data
To remove amap-align configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge amap-alignRemove amap-align configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove amap-align configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge amap-alignDependencies
amap-align have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install amap-align package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.