How To Install rate4site on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install rate4site on Kali Linux.

What is rate4site

rate4site is:

Rate4Site calculates the relative evolutionary rate at each site using a probabilistic-based evolutionary model. This allows taking into account the stochastic process underlying sequence evolution within protein families and the phylogenetic tree of the proteins in the family. The conservation score at a site corresponds to the site’s evolutionary rate.

There are three methods to install rate4site 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 rate4site Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install rate4site using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install rate4site

Install rate4site Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install rate4site using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install rate4site

Install rate4site 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 rate4site using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install rate4site

How To Uninstall rate4site on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the rate4site package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove rate4site

Uninstall rate4site And Its Dependencies

To uninstall rate4site and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove rate4site

Remove rate4site Configurations and Data

To remove rate4site configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge rate4site

Remove rate4site configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove rate4site configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rate4site

Dependencies

rate4site have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libgcc-s1
• libstdc++6

References

• rate4site website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install rate4site package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.