How To Install flexbar on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is flexbar

flexbar is:

Flexbar preprocesses high-throughput sequencing data efficiently. It demultiplexes barcoded runs and removes adapter sequences. Moreover, trimming and filtering features are provided. Flexbar increases mapping rates and improves genome and transcriptome assemblies. It supports next-generation sequencing data in fasta/q and csfasta/q format from Illumina, Roche 454, and the SOLiD platform.

Parameter names changed in Flexbar. Please review scripts. The recent months, default settings were optimised, several bugs were fixed and various improvements were made, e.g. revamped command-line interface, new trimming modes as well as lower time and memory requirements.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install flexbar

Install flexbar Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install flexbar

Install flexbar 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 flexbar using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install flexbar

How To Uninstall flexbar on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove flexbar

Uninstall flexbar And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove flexbar

Remove flexbar Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge flexbar

Remove flexbar configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge flexbar

Dependencies

flexbar have the following dependencies:

• libbz2-1.0
• libc6
• libgcc-s1
• libstdc++6
• libtbb2
• zlib1g

References

• flexbar website

Summary

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