How To Install kmer-examples on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kmer-examples on Kali Linux.

What is kmer-examples

kmer-examples is:

The kmer package is a suite of tools for DNA sequence analysis. It provides tools for searching (ESTs, mRNAs, sequencing reads); aligning (ESTs, mRNAs, whole genomes); and a variety of analyses based on kmers.

This package contains a test data set as well as sample scripts running some test suite provided by Debian also as autopkgtest.

There are three methods to install kmer-examples 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 kmer-examples Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install kmer-examples

Install kmer-examples Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install kmer-examples

Install kmer-examples 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 kmer-examples using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install kmer-examples

How To Uninstall kmer-examples on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the kmer-examples package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove kmer-examples

Uninstall kmer-examples And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove kmer-examples

Remove kmer-examples Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge kmer-examples

Remove kmer-examples configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kmer-examples

Dependencies

kmer-examples have the following dependencies:

References

• kmer-examples website

Summary

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