How To Install quicktree on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is quicktree

quicktree is:

QuickTree is an efficient implementation of the Neighbor-Joining algorithm (PMID: 3447015), capable of reconstructing phylogenies from huge alignments in time less than the age of the universe.

QuickTree accepts both distance matrix and multiple-sequence-aligment inputs. The former should be in PHYLIP format. The latter should be in Stockholm format, which is the native alignment format for the Pfam database. Alignments in various formats can be converted to Stockholm format with the sreformat program, which is part of the HMMer package (hmmer.org).

The tress are written to stdout, in the Newick/New-Hampshire format use by PHYLIP and many other programs

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install quicktree

Install quicktree Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install quicktree

Install quicktree 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 quicktree using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install quicktree

How To Uninstall quicktree on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove quicktree

Uninstall quicktree And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove quicktree

Remove quicktree Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge quicktree

Remove quicktree configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge quicktree

Dependencies

quicktree have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• quicktree website

Summary

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