How To Install pbhoney on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is pbhoney

pbhoney is:

PBHoney is an implementation of two variant-identification approaches designed to exploit the high mappability of long reads (i.e., greater than 10,000 bp). PBHoney considers both intra-read discordance and soft-clipped tails of long reads to identify structural variants.

PBHoney is part of the PBSuite.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install pbhoney

Install pbhoney Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install pbhoney

Install pbhoney 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 pbhoney using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install pbhoney

How To Uninstall pbhoney on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove pbhoney

Uninstall pbhoney And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove pbhoney

Remove pbhoney Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge pbhoney

Remove pbhoney configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pbhoney

Dependencies

pbhoney have the following dependencies:

• python3

References

• pbhoney website

Summary

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