How To Install fasta3-doc on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install fasta3-doc on Kali Linux. fasta3-doc is user guide for FASTA tools

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fasta3-doc on Kali Linux.

What is fasta3-doc

fasta3-doc is:

The FASTA programs find regions of local or global similarity between Protein or DNA sequences, either by searching Protein or DNA databases, or by identifying local duplications within a sequence. Other programs provide information on the statistical significance of an alignment. Like BLAST, FASTA can be used to infer functional and evolutionary relationships between sequences as well as help identify members of gene families.

The use of the package’s many binaries and the equally representated conceptual approaches towards sequence analyses are summarised in this PDF.

There are three methods to install fasta3-doc 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 fasta3-doc Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install fasta3-doc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install fasta3-doc

Install fasta3-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install fasta3-doc using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install fasta3-doc

Install fasta3-doc 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 fasta3-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fasta3-doc

How To Uninstall fasta3-doc on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the fasta3-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove fasta3-doc

Uninstall fasta3-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall fasta3-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fasta3-doc

Remove fasta3-doc Configurations and Data

To remove fasta3-doc configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge fasta3-doc

Remove fasta3-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove fasta3-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fasta3-doc

Dependencies

fasta3-doc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install fasta3-doc package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.