How To Install caftools on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is caftools

caftools is:

This package contains code from different authors that allow sequence assemblies to be converted into formats such as CAF (Common Assembly Format) or GAP4.

CAF is a text format for describing sequence assemblies. It is acedb-compliant and is an extension of the ace-file format used earlier, but with support for base quality measures and a more extensive description of the Sequence data. CAF was designed during the Sanger sequencing era. Its modern-day successor is the SAM format, or its binary equivalents BAM and CRAM.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install caftools

Install caftools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install caftools

Install caftools 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 caftools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install caftools

How To Uninstall caftools on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove caftools

Uninstall caftools And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove caftools

Remove caftools Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge caftools

Remove caftools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge caftools

Dependencies

caftools have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• caftools website

Summary

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