How To Install plast-example on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install plast-example on Kali Linux. plast-example is Parallel Local Sequence Alignment Search Tool (example data)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install plast-example on Kali Linux.

What is plast-example

plast-example is:

PLAST is a fast, accurate and NGS scalable bank-to-bank sequence similarity search tool providing significant accelerations of seeds- based heuristic comparison methods, such as the Blast suite of algorithms.

Relying on unique software architecture, PLAST takes full advantage of recent multi-core personal computers without requiring any additional hardware devices.

This package contains some example data to test plast.

There are three methods to install plast-example 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 plast-example Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install plast-example

Install plast-example Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install plast-example

Install plast-example 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 plast-example using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install plast-example

How To Uninstall plast-example on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the plast-example package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove plast-example

Uninstall plast-example And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove plast-example

Remove plast-example Configurations and Data

To remove plast-example configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge plast-example

Remove plast-example configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge plast-example

Dependencies

plast-example have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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