How To Install assemblytics on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is assemblytics

assemblytics is:

Assemblytics incorporates a unique anchor filtering approach to increase robustness to repetitive elements, and identifies six classes of variants based on their distinct alignment signatures. Assemblytics can be applied both to comparing aberrant genomes, such as human cancers, to a reference, or to identify differences between related species.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install assemblytics

Install assemblytics Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install assemblytics

Install assemblytics 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 assemblytics using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install assemblytics

How To Uninstall assemblytics on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove assemblytics

Uninstall assemblytics And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove assemblytics

Remove assemblytics Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge assemblytics

Remove assemblytics configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge assemblytics

Dependencies

assemblytics have the following dependencies:

• perl

References

• assemblytics website

Summary

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