How To Install caftools on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install caftools on Kali Linux.
What is caftools
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 ways 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 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install caftools using different package management tools like apt, apt-get and aptitude.