How To Install pbsim on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is pbsim

pbsim is:

PacBio DNA sequencers produce two types of characteristic reads: CCS (short and low error rate) and CLR (long and high error rate), both of which could be useful for de novo assembly of genomes. PBSIM simulates those PacBio reads from a reference sequence by using either a model-based or sampling-based simulation. Simulated reads are useful, for example, when developing or evaluating sequence assemblers targeted at PacBio data.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install pbsim

Install pbsim Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install pbsim

Install pbsim 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 pbsim using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install pbsim

How To Uninstall pbsim on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove pbsim

Uninstall pbsim And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove pbsim

Remove pbsim Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge pbsim

Remove pbsim configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pbsim

Dependencies

pbsim have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• pbsim website

Summary

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