How To Install minia on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is minia

minia is:

Short-read DNA sequence assembler based on a de Bruijn graph, capable of assembling a human genome on a desktop computer in a day.

The output of Minia is a set of contigs. Minia produces results of similar contiguity and accuracy to other de Bruijn assemblers (e.g. Velvet).

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install minia

Install minia Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install minia

Install minia 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 minia using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install minia

How To Uninstall minia on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove minia

Uninstall minia And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove minia

Remove minia Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge minia

Remove minia configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge minia

Dependencies

minia have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libgatbcore3
• libgcc-s1
• libhdf5-103-1
• libstdc++6
• zlib1g
• bc

References

• minia website

Summary

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