How To Install microbegps on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install microbegps on Kali Linux. microbegps is explorative taxonomic profiling tool for metagenomic data

Introduction

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

What is microbegps

microbegps is:

MicrobeGPS is a bioinformatics tool for the analysis of metagenomic sequencing data. The goal is to profile the composition of metagenomic communities as accurately as possible and present the results to the user in a convenient manner. One main focus is reliability: the tool calculates quality metrics for the estimated candidates and allows the user to identify false candidates easily.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install microbegps

Install microbegps Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install microbegps

Install microbegps 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 microbegps using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install microbegps

How To Uninstall microbegps on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove microbegps

Uninstall microbegps And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove microbegps

Remove microbegps Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge microbegps

Remove microbegps configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge microbegps

Dependencies

microbegps have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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