How To Install scrappie on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is scrappie

scrappie is:

The Nanopore is a device for DNA/RNA sequencing that does not require an amplification of the material. The polynucleotides are threaded through a pore and while these pass through, the change in the electrostatic potential allows one to identify (“call”) the actual base that resides in the pore. Scrappie goes a step further and also attempts to describe modifications to the nucleic acid.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install scrappie

Install scrappie Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install scrappie

Install scrappie 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 scrappie using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install scrappie

How To Uninstall scrappie on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove scrappie

Uninstall scrappie And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove scrappie

Remove scrappie Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge scrappie

Remove scrappie configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge scrappie

Dependencies

scrappie have the following dependencies:

• libblas3
• libc6
• libgomp1
• libhdf5-103-1

References

• scrappie website

Summary

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