How To Install saint on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is saint

saint is:

SAINT implements the scoring algorithm for protein-protein interaction data using label free quantitative proteomics data in AP-MS experiments. It was used for spectral count data in the yeast kinase interactome work not incorporating control purification, as well as a generalized implementation for spectral count data with and without control purification.

Alternatively, you can also run SAINT in combination with ProHits.

The package was written for either doing analysis without or with control IPs and

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install saint

Install saint Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install saint

Install saint 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 saint using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install saint

How To Uninstall saint on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove saint

Uninstall saint And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove saint

Remove saint Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge saint

Remove saint configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge saint

Dependencies

saint have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libgsl25

References

• saint website

Summary

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