How To Install picopore on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is picopore

picopore is:

The Nanopore is a device to determine the sequences of single moleculres of DNA. No amplification. The output is gigantic and tools like this one help to reduce it.

Over time, other means have substitute the need for this one. Upstream has halted development. Some tutorials and pipelines of the Nanopore still refer to it, though.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install picopore

Install picopore Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install picopore

Install picopore 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 picopore using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install picopore

How To Uninstall picopore on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove picopore

Uninstall picopore And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove picopore

Remove picopore Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge picopore

Remove picopore configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge picopore

Dependencies

picopore have the following dependencies:

• python3

References

• picopore website

Summary

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