How To Install fastdnaml on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is fastdnaml

fastdnaml is:

fastDNAml is a program derived from Joseph Felsenstein’s version 3.3 DNAML (part of his PHYLIP package). Users should consult the documentation for DNAML before using this program.

fastDNAml is an attempt to solve the same problem as DNAML, but to do so faster and using less memory, so that larger trees and/or more bootstrap replicates become tractable. Much of fastDNAml is merely a recoding of the PHYLIP 3.3 DNAML program from PASCAL to C.

Note that the homepage of this program is not available any more and so this program will probably not see any further updates.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install fastdnaml

Install fastdnaml Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install fastdnaml

Install fastdnaml 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 fastdnaml using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fastdnaml

How To Uninstall fastdnaml on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove fastdnaml

Uninstall fastdnaml And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fastdnaml

Remove fastdnaml Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge fastdnaml

Remove fastdnaml configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fastdnaml

Dependencies

fastdnaml have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• fastdnaml website

Summary

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