How To Install rampler on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install rampler on Kali Linux. rampler is module for sampling genomic sequences

Introduction

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

What is rampler

rampler is:

Standalone module for sampling genomic sequences. It supports two modes, random subsampling of sequencer data to a desired depth (given the reference length) and file splitting to desired size in bytes.

Rampler takes as first input argument a file in FASTA/FASTQ format which can be compressed with gzip. The rest of input parameters depend on the mode of operation. The output is stored into a file(s) which is in the same format as the input file but uncompressed.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install rampler

Install rampler Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install rampler

Install rampler 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 rampler using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install rampler

How To Uninstall rampler on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove rampler

Uninstall rampler And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove rampler

Remove rampler Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge rampler

Remove rampler configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rampler

Dependencies

rampler have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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