How To Install anfo on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install anfo on Kali Linux. anfo is Short Read Aligner/Mapper from MPG

Introduction

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

What is anfo

anfo is:

Anfo is a mapper in the spirit of Soap/Maq/Bowtie, but its implementation takes more after BLAST/BLAT. It’s most useful for the alignment of sequencing reads where the DNA sequence is somehow modified (think ancient DNA or bisulphite treatment) and/or there is more divergence between sample and reference than what fast mappers will handle gracefully (say the reference genome is missing and a related species is used instead).

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install anfo

Install anfo Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install anfo

Install anfo 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 anfo using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install anfo

How To Uninstall anfo on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove anfo

Uninstall anfo And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove anfo

Remove anfo Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge anfo

Remove anfo configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge anfo

Dependencies

anfo have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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