How To Install ncbi-data on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ncbi-data on Kali Linux.

What is ncbi-data

ncbi-data is:

This package contains support files needed by the NCBI toolkit on all platforms.

There are three methods to install ncbi-data 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 ncbi-data Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install ncbi-data

Install ncbi-data Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ncbi-data

Install ncbi-data 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 ncbi-data using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ncbi-data

How To Uninstall ncbi-data on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the ncbi-data package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ncbi-data

Uninstall ncbi-data And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ncbi-data

Remove ncbi-data Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ncbi-data

Remove ncbi-data configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ncbi-data

Dependencies

ncbi-data have the following dependencies:

References

• ncbi-data website

Summary

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