How To Install ncbi-tools-x11 on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ncbi-tools-x11 on Kali Linux.
What is ncbi-tools-x11
ncbi-tools-x11 is:
This package includes some X-based utilities distributed with the NCBI C SDK: Network Entrez, Sequin, ddv, and udv. These programs are not part of ncbi-tools-bin because they depend on several additional library packages.
There are three methods to install ncbi-tools-x11 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-tools-x11 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install ncbi-tools-x11 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ncbi-tools-x11Install ncbi-tools-x11 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install ncbi-tools-x11 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ncbi-tools-x11Install ncbi-tools-x11 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install ncbi-tools-x11 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ncbi-tools-x11How To Uninstall ncbi-tools-x11 on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the ncbi-tools-x11 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ncbi-tools-x11Uninstall ncbi-tools-x11 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ncbi-tools-x11 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ncbi-tools-x11Remove ncbi-tools-x11 Configurations and Data
To remove ncbi-tools-x11 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ncbi-tools-x11Remove ncbi-tools-x11 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ncbi-tools-x11 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ncbi-tools-x11Dependencies
ncbi-tools-x11 have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ncbi-tools-x11 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.