How To Install mirtop on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is mirtop

mirtop is:

The main goal of this project is to create a reflection group on metazoan microRNAs (miRNAs), open to all interested researchers, to identify blockages and develop standards and guidelines to improve miRNA research, resources and communication. This can go through the use of standardized file formats, gene and variants nomenclature guidelines, and advancements in miRNA biology understanding. The group will eventually also aim at expanding its breadth to the development of novel tools, data resources, and best-practices guidelines to benefit the scientific community by providing high confidence validated research and analysis strategies, regardless the expertise in this field. This package provides the command line interface to mirtop.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install mirtop

Install mirtop Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install mirtop

Install mirtop 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 mirtop using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mirtop

How To Uninstall mirtop on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove mirtop

Uninstall mirtop And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mirtop

Remove mirtop Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge mirtop

Remove mirtop configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mirtop

Dependencies

mirtop have the following dependencies:

• python3

References

• mirtop website

Summary

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