How To Install sepp on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is sepp

sepp is:

The tools SEPP and TIPP implementing these methods use ensembles of Hidden Markov Models (HMMs) in different ways, each focusing on a different problem.

SEPP stands for “SATe-enabled Phylogenetic Placement”, and addresses the problem of phylogenetic placement of short reads into reference alignments and trees.

TIPP stands for “Taxonomic Identification and Phylogenetic Profiling”, and addresses the problem of taxonomic identification and abundance profiling of metagenomic data.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install sepp

Install sepp Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install sepp

Install sepp 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 sepp using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install sepp

How To Uninstall sepp on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove sepp

Uninstall sepp And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove sepp

Remove sepp Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge sepp

Remove sepp configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sepp

Dependencies

sepp have the following dependencies:

• python3-dendropy
• python3

References

• sepp website

Summary

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