How To Install ariba on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install ariba on Kali Linux. ariba is Antibiotic Resistance Identification By Assembly

Introduction

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

What is ariba

ariba is:

ARIBA is a tool that identifies antibiotic resistance genes by running local assemblies. The input is a FASTA file of reference genes and paired sequencing reads. ARIBA reports which of the reference genes were found, plus detailed information on the quality of the assemblies and any variants between the sequencing reads and the reference genes.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install ariba

Install ariba Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ariba

Install ariba 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 ariba using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ariba

How To Uninstall ariba on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ariba

Uninstall ariba And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ariba

Remove ariba Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ariba

Remove ariba configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ariba

Dependencies

ariba have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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