How To Install placnet on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is placnet

placnet is:

Placnet is a new tool for plasmid analysis in NGS projects. Placnet is optimized to work with Illumina sequences but it also works with 454, Iontorrent or any of the actual sequence technologies.

The input of placnet is a set of contigs and one or more SAM files with the mapping of the reads against the contigs. Placnet obtains a set of files, easily opened on Cytoscape software or other network tools.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install placnet

Install placnet Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install placnet

Install placnet 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 placnet using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install placnet

How To Uninstall placnet on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove placnet

Uninstall placnet And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove placnet

Remove placnet Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge placnet

Remove placnet configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge placnet

Dependencies

placnet have the following dependencies:

• ncbi-blast+

References

• placnet website

Summary

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