How To Install sibelia-examples on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install sibelia-examples on Kali Linux. sibelia-examples is comparative genomics tool (example data)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install sibelia-examples on Kali Linux.

What is sibelia-examples

sibelia-examples is:

Sibelia (Synteny Block ExpLoration tool) is a comparative genomics tool: It assists biologists in analysing the genomic variations that correlate with pathogens, or the genomic changes that help microorganisms adapt in different environments. Sibelia will also be helpful for the evolutionary and genome rearrangement studies for multiple strains of microorganisms.

Sibelia is useful in finding:

  1. shared regions,
  2. regions that present in one group of genomes but not in others,
  3. rearrangements that transform one genome to other genomes.

This package contains example data for sibelia.

There are three methods to install sibelia-examples 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 sibelia-examples Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install sibelia-examples

Install sibelia-examples Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install sibelia-examples

Install sibelia-examples 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 sibelia-examples using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install sibelia-examples

How To Uninstall sibelia-examples on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the sibelia-examples package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove sibelia-examples

Uninstall sibelia-examples And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove sibelia-examples

Remove sibelia-examples Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge sibelia-examples

Remove sibelia-examples configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sibelia-examples

Dependencies

sibelia-examples have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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