How To Install samtools-test on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install samtools-test on Kali Linux.

What is samtools-test

samtools-test is:

Samtools is a set of utilities that manipulate nucleotide sequence alignments in the binary BAM format.

This package contains test files for the samtools package.

There are three methods to install samtools-test 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 samtools-test Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install samtools-test

Install samtools-test Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install samtools-test

Install samtools-test 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 samtools-test using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install samtools-test

How To Uninstall samtools-test on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the samtools-test package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove samtools-test

Uninstall samtools-test And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove samtools-test

Remove samtools-test Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge samtools-test

Remove samtools-test configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge samtools-test

Dependencies

samtools-test have the following dependencies:

References

• samtools-test website

Summary

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