How To Install rnahybrid on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is rnahybrid

rnahybrid is:

RNAhybrid is a tool for finding the minimum free energy hybridisation of a long and a short RNA. The hybridisation is performed in a kind of domain mode, ie. The short sequence is hybridised to the best fitting part of the long one. The tool is primarily meant as a means for microRNA target prediction.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install rnahybrid

Install rnahybrid Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install rnahybrid

Install rnahybrid 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 rnahybrid using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install rnahybrid

How To Uninstall rnahybrid on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove rnahybrid

Uninstall rnahybrid And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove rnahybrid

Remove rnahybrid Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge rnahybrid

Remove rnahybrid configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rnahybrid

Dependencies

rnahybrid have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libg20

References

• rnahybrid website

Summary

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