How To Install genometools-common on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install genometools-common on Kali Linux.

What is genometools-common

genometools-common is:

This package contains configuration files such as alphabet transformations, style files, etc. required to use the GenomeTools executable and/or library.

There are three methods to install genometools-common 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 genometools-common Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install genometools-common

Install genometools-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install genometools-common

Install genometools-common 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 genometools-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install genometools-common

How To Uninstall genometools-common on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the genometools-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove genometools-common

Uninstall genometools-common And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove genometools-common

Remove genometools-common Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge genometools-common

Remove genometools-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge genometools-common

Dependencies

genometools-common have the following dependencies:

• liblua5.1-0
• libcairo2
• zlib1g
• libbz2-1.0
• libexpat1
• libpth20
• libsqlite3-0
• libpango-1.0-0
• libpangocairo-1.0-0
• libtre5

References

• genometools-common website

Summary

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