How To Install proalign on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is proalign

proalign is:

ProAlign performs probabilistic sequence alignments using hidden Markov models (HMM). It includes a graphical interface (GUI) allowing to (i) perform alignments of nucleotide or amino-acid sequences, (ii) view the quality of solutions, (iii) filter the unreliable alignment regions and (iv) export alignments to other software.

ProAlign uses a progressive method, such that multiple alignment is created stepwise by performing pairwise alignments in the nodes of a guide tree. Sequences are described with vectors of character probabilities, and each pairwise alignment reconstructs the ancestral (parent) sequence by computing the probabilities of different characters according to an evolutionary model.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install proalign

Install proalign Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install proalign

Install proalign 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 proalign using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install proalign

How To Uninstall proalign on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove proalign

Uninstall proalign And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove proalign

Remove proalign Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge proalign

Remove proalign configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge proalign

Dependencies

proalign have the following dependencies:

• default-jre

References

• proalign website

Summary

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