How To Install covtobed on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install covtobed on Kali Linux. covtobed is convert the coverage track from a BAM file into a BED file

Introduction

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

What is covtobed

covtobed is:

Reads one (or more) alignment files (sorted BAM) and prints a BED with the coverage. It will join consecutive bases with the same coverage, and can be used to only print a BED file with the regions having a specific coverage range.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install covtobed

Install covtobed Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install covtobed

Install covtobed 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 covtobed using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install covtobed

How To Uninstall covtobed on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove covtobed

Uninstall covtobed And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove covtobed

Remove covtobed Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge covtobed

Remove covtobed configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge covtobed

Dependencies

covtobed have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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