How To Install patman on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install patman on Kali Linux. patman is rapid alignment of short sequences to large databases

Introduction

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

What is patman

patman is:

Patman searches for short patterns in large DNA databases, allowing for approximate matches. It is optimized for searching for many small pattern at the same time, for example microarray probes.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install patman

Install patman Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install patman

Install patman 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 patman using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install patman

How To Uninstall patman on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove patman

Uninstall patman And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove patman

Remove patman Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge patman

Remove patman configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge patman

Dependencies

patman have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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