How To Install resfinder on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is resfinder

resfinder is:

ResFinder identifies acquired antimicrobial resistance genes in total or partial sequenced isolates of bacteria.

ResFinder that uses BLAST for identification of acquired antimicrobial resistance genes in whole-genome data. As input, the method can use both pre-assembled, complete or partial genomes, and short sequence reads from four different sequencing platforms. The method was evaluated on 1862 GenBank files containing 1411 different resistance genes, as well as on 23 de-novo-sequenced isolates.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install resfinder

Install resfinder Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install resfinder

Install resfinder 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 resfinder using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install resfinder

How To Uninstall resfinder on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove resfinder

Uninstall resfinder And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove resfinder

Remove resfinder Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge resfinder

Remove resfinder configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge resfinder

Dependencies

resfinder have the following dependencies:

• python3

References

• resfinder website

Summary

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