How To Install cwltool on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install cwltool on Kali Linux. cwltool is Common Workflow Language reference implementation

Introduction

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

What is cwltool

cwltool is:

This is the reference implementation of the Common Workflow Language standards.

The CWL open standards are for describing analysis workflows and tools in a way that makes them portable and scalable across a variety of software and hardware environments, from workstations to cluster, cloud, and high performance computing (HPC) environments. CWL is designed to meet the needs of data-intensive science, such as Bioinformatics, Medical Imaging, Astronomy, Physics, and Chemistry.

The CWL reference implementation (cwltool) is intended to be feature complete and to provide comprehensive validation of CWL files as well as provide other tools related to working with CWL descriptions.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install cwltool

Install cwltool Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install cwltool

Install cwltool 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 cwltool using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cwltool

How To Uninstall cwltool on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove cwltool

Uninstall cwltool And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cwltool

Remove cwltool Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge cwltool

Remove cwltool configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cwltool

Dependencies

cwltool have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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