How To Install blasr on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install blasr on Kali Linux.
What is blasr
Basic local alignment with successive refinement (BLASR) is a method for mapping single-molecule sequencing reads against a reference genome. Such reads are thousands of bases long, with divergence between them and the genome being dominated by insertion and deletion error.
There are three ways to install blasr 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 blasr Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install blasr using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install blasr
Install blasr Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install blasr using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install blasr
Install blasr Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude 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 blasr using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install blasr
How To Uninstall blasr on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the blasr package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove blasr
Uninstall blasr And Its Dependencies
To uninstall blasr and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove blasr
Remove blasr Configurations and Data
To remove blasr configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge blasr
Remove blasr configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove blasr configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge blasr
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install blasr using different package management tools like apt, apt-get and aptitude.