How To Install libquicktree-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libquicktree-dev on Kali Linux. libquicktree-dev is Neighbor-Joining algorithm for phylogenies (development)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libquicktree-dev on Kali Linux.

What is libquicktree-dev

libquicktree-dev is:

QuickTree is an efficient implementation of the Neighbor-Joining algorithm (PMID: 3447015), capable of reconstructing phylogenies from huge alignments in time less than the age of the universe.

QuickTree accepts both distance matrix and multiple-sequence-aligment inputs. The former should be in PHYLIP format. The latter should be in Stockholm format, which is the native alignment format for the Pfam database. Alignments in various formats can be converted to Stockholm format with the sreformat program, which is part of the HMMer package (hmmer.org).

The tress are written to stdout, in the Newick/New-Hampshire format use by PHYLIP and many other programs

This package contains some header files from quicktree that are used by other packages.

There are three methods to install libquicktree-dev 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 libquicktree-dev Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libquicktree-dev

Install libquicktree-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libquicktree-dev

Install libquicktree-dev 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 libquicktree-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libquicktree-dev

How To Uninstall libquicktree-dev on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libquicktree-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libquicktree-dev

Uninstall libquicktree-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libquicktree-dev

Remove libquicktree-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libquicktree-dev

Remove libquicktree-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libquicktree-dev

Dependencies

libquicktree-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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