How To Install seqkit on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is seqkit

seqkit is:

SeqKit describes a cross-platform ultrafast comprehensive toolkit for FASTA/Q processing. SeqKit provides executable binary files for all major operating systems, including Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X, and can be directly used without any dependencies or pre-configurations. SeqKit demonstrates competitive performance in execution time and memory usage compared to similar tools. The efficiency and usability of SeqKit enable researchers to rapidly accomplish common FASTA/Q file manipulations.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install seqkit

Install seqkit Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install seqkit

Install seqkit 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 seqkit using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install seqkit

How To Uninstall seqkit on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove seqkit

Uninstall seqkit And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove seqkit

Remove seqkit Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge seqkit

Remove seqkit configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge seqkit

Dependencies

seqkit have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• seqkit website

Summary

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