How To Install prinseq-lite on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install prinseq-lite on Kali Linux.

What is prinseq-lite

prinseq-lite is:

PRINSEQ will help you to preprocess your genomic or metagenomic sequence data in FASTA or FASTQ format. It is a tool that generates summary statistics of sequence and quality data and that is used to filter, reformat and trim next-generation sequence data. It is particular designed for 454/Roche data, but can also be used for other types of sequence data. The standalone version is primarily designed for data preprocessing and does not generate summary statistics in graphical form.

There are three methods to install prinseq-lite 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 prinseq-lite Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install prinseq-lite

Install prinseq-lite Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install prinseq-lite

Install prinseq-lite 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 prinseq-lite using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install prinseq-lite

How To Uninstall prinseq-lite on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the prinseq-lite package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove prinseq-lite

Uninstall prinseq-lite And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove prinseq-lite

Remove prinseq-lite Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge prinseq-lite

Remove prinseq-lite configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge prinseq-lite

Dependencies

prinseq-lite have the following dependencies:

• libjson-perl
• libcairo-perl
• libstatistics-pca-perl

References

• prinseq-lite website

Summary

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