How To Install smithwaterman on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is smithwaterman

smithwaterman is:

The Smith??Waterman algorithm performs local sequence alignment; that is, for determining similar regions between two strings or nucleotide or protein sequences. Instead of looking at the total sequence, the Smith??Waterman algorithm compares segments of all possible lengths and optimizes the similarity measure.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install smithwaterman

Install smithwaterman Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install smithwaterman

Install smithwaterman 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 smithwaterman using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install smithwaterman

How To Uninstall smithwaterman on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove smithwaterman

Uninstall smithwaterman And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove smithwaterman

Remove smithwaterman Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge smithwaterman

Remove smithwaterman configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge smithwaterman

Dependencies

smithwaterman have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libdisorder0
• libgcc-s1
• libsmithwaterman0
• libstdc++6

References

• smithwaterman website

Summary

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