How To Install profnet-con on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install profnet-con on Kali Linux.

What is profnet-con

profnet-con is:

Profnet is a component of the prediction methods that make up the Predict Protein service by the lab of Burkhard Rost. It provides the neural network component to a variety of predictors that perform protein feature prediction directly from sequence. This neural network implementation has to be compiled for every different network architecture.

This package contains the neural network architecture for profcon.

There are three methods to install profnet-con 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 profnet-con Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install profnet-con

Install profnet-con Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install profnet-con

Install profnet-con 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 profnet-con using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install profnet-con

How To Uninstall profnet-con on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the profnet-con package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove profnet-con

Uninstall profnet-con And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove profnet-con

Remove profnet-con Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge profnet-con

Remove profnet-con configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge profnet-con

Dependencies

profnet-con have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libgfortran5

References

• profnet-con website

Summary

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