How To Install igdiscover on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is igdiscover

igdiscover is:

IgDiscover analyzes antibody repertoires and discovers new V genes from high-throughput sequencing reads. Heavy chains, kappa and lambda light chains are supported (to discover VH, VK and VL genes).

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install igdiscover

Install igdiscover Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install igdiscover

Install igdiscover 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 igdiscover using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install igdiscover

How To Uninstall igdiscover on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove igdiscover

Uninstall igdiscover And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove igdiscover

Remove igdiscover Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge igdiscover

Remove igdiscover configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge igdiscover

Dependencies

igdiscover have the following dependencies:

• python3

References

• igdiscover website

Summary

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