How To Install grabix on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is grabix

grabix is:

In biomedical research it is increasing practice to study the genetic basis of disease. This now frequently comprises the sequencing of human sequences. The output of the machine however is redundant, and the real sequence is the best sequence to explain the redundancy. The exchange of data happens only with compressed files - to huge and redundant to perform otherwise. One should avoid uncompression whenever possible.

grabix leverages the fantastic BGZF library of the samtools package to provide random access into text files that have been compressed with bgzip. grabix creates it’s own index (.gbi) of the bgzipped file. Once indexed, one can extract arbitrary lines from the file with the grab command. Or choose random lines with the, well, random command.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install grabix

Install grabix Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install grabix

Install grabix 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 grabix using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install grabix

How To Uninstall grabix on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove grabix

Uninstall grabix And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove grabix

Remove grabix Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge grabix

Remove grabix configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge grabix

Dependencies

grabix have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libgcc1

References

• grabix website

Summary

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