How To Install mash-doc on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install mash-doc on Kali Linux. mash-doc is documentation for Mash

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mash-doc on Kali Linux.

What is mash-doc

mash-doc is:

This package contains further documentation (tutorials, explanations, etc.) for Mash, a MinHash based genome distance estimator. The documentation is provided in HTML format.

There are three methods to install mash-doc 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 mash-doc Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install mash-doc

Install mash-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install mash-doc

Install mash-doc 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 mash-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mash-doc

How To Uninstall mash-doc on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the mash-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove mash-doc

Uninstall mash-doc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mash-doc

Remove mash-doc Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge mash-doc

Remove mash-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mash-doc

Dependencies

mash-doc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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