How To Install mhap on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install mhap on Kali Linux. mhap is locality-sensitive hashing to detect long-read overlaps

Introduction

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

What is mhap

mhap is:

The MinHash Alignment Process (MHAP–pronounced MAP) is a reference implementation of a probabilistic sequence overlapping algorithm. Designed to efficiently detect all overlaps between noisy long-read sequence data. It efficiently estimates Jaccard similarity by compressing sequences to their representative fingerprints composed on min-mers (minimum k-mer).

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install mhap

Install mhap Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install mhap

Install mhap 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 mhap using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mhap

How To Uninstall mhap on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove mhap

Uninstall mhap And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mhap

Remove mhap Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge mhap

Remove mhap configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mhap

Dependencies

mhap have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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