How To Install mapdamage on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is mapdamage

mapdamage is:

MapDamage is a computational framework written in Python and R, which tracks and quantifies DNA damage patterns among ancient DNA sequencing reads generated by Next-Generation Sequencing platforms.

MapDamage is developed at the Centre for GeoGenetics by the Orlando Group.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install mapdamage

Install mapdamage Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install mapdamage

Install mapdamage 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 mapdamage using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mapdamage

How To Uninstall mapdamage on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove mapdamage

Uninstall mapdamage And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mapdamage

Remove mapdamage Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge mapdamage

Remove mapdamage configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mapdamage

Dependencies

mapdamage have the following dependencies:

• python3

References

• mapdamage website

Summary

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