How To Install science-workflow on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install science-workflow on Kali Linux.

What is science-workflow

science-workflow is:

This task lists some packages providing workflow management systems useful for scientific research.

There are three methods to install science-workflow 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 science-workflow Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install science-workflow

Install science-workflow Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install science-workflow

Install science-workflow 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 science-workflow using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install science-workflow

How To Uninstall science-workflow on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the science-workflow package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove science-workflow

Uninstall science-workflow And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove science-workflow

Remove science-workflow Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge science-workflow

Remove science-workflow configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge science-workflow

Dependencies

science-workflow have the following dependencies:

• science-config
• science-tasks

References

• science-workflow website

Summary

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