How To Install rdp-readseq on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install rdp-readseq on Kali Linux. rdp-readseq is Ribosomal Database Project (RDP) sequence reading and writing

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install rdp-readseq on Kali Linux.

What is rdp-readseq

rdp-readseq is:

Rdp-readseq is a simple user interface to the sequence reading library developed by the Ribosomal Database Project. It can handle genbank, embl, fasta, fastq, sff and sto files. It can read from files or streams, and can handle indexing files.

The package also contains the ReadSeq Java library which is used by other RDP tools.

There are three methods to install rdp-readseq 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 rdp-readseq Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install rdp-readseq

Install rdp-readseq Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install rdp-readseq

Install rdp-readseq 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 rdp-readseq using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install rdp-readseq

How To Uninstall rdp-readseq on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the rdp-readseq package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove rdp-readseq

Uninstall rdp-readseq And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove rdp-readseq

Remove rdp-readseq Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge rdp-readseq

Remove rdp-readseq configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rdp-readseq

Dependencies

rdp-readseq have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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