How To Install nanosv on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install nanosv on Kali Linux. nanosv is structural variant caller for nanopore data

Introduction

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

What is nanosv

nanosv is:

NanoSV is a software package that can be used to identify structural genomic variations in long-read sequencing data, such as data produced by Oxford Nanopore Technologies?? MinION, GridION or PromethION instruments, or Pacific Biosciences RSII or Sequel sequencers. NanoSV has been extensively tested using Oxford Nanopore MinION sequencing data.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install nanosv

Install nanosv Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install nanosv

Install nanosv 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 nanosv using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install nanosv

How To Uninstall nanosv on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove nanosv

Uninstall nanosv And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove nanosv

Remove nanosv Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge nanosv

Remove nanosv configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nanosv

Dependencies

nanosv have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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