How To Install lastz on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is lastz

lastz is:

LASTZ is a drop-in replacement for BLASTZ, and is backward compatible with BLASTZ??s command-line syntax. That is, it supports all of BLASTZ??s options but also has additional ones, and may produce slightly different alignment results.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install lastz

Install lastz Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install lastz

Install lastz 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 lastz using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install lastz

How To Uninstall lastz on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove lastz

Uninstall lastz And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lastz

Remove lastz Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge lastz

Remove lastz configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lastz

Dependencies

lastz have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• lastz website

Summary

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