How To Install biosyntax-less on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install biosyntax-less on Kali Linux. biosyntax-less is Syntax Highlighting for Computational Biology (less)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install biosyntax-less on Kali Linux.

What is `biosyntax-less`

biosyntax-less is:

Syntax highlighting for computational biology to bring you intuitively close to your data. BioSyntax supports .sam, .flagstat, .vcf, .fasta, .fastq, .faidx , .clustal, .pdb, .gtf, .bed files & more.

This package provides the bioSyntax plugin for less.

Please note: The plugin is not enabled per default, to enable it, please read: /usr/share/doc/biosyntax-less/README.Debian

There are three methods to install biosyntax-less 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 biosyntax-less Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install biosyntax-less

Install biosyntax-less Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install biosyntax-less

Install biosyntax-less 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 biosyntax-less using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install biosyntax-less

How To Uninstall biosyntax-less on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the biosyntax-less package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove biosyntax-less

Uninstall biosyntax-less And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove biosyntax-less

Remove biosyntax-less Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge biosyntax-less

Remove biosyntax-less configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge biosyntax-less

Dependencies

biosyntax-less have the following dependencies:

References

biosyntax-less website

Summary

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