How To Install smrtanalysis on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install smrtanalysis on Kali Linux. smrtanalysis is software suite for single molecule, real-time sequencing

Introduction

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

What is smrtanalysis

smrtanalysis is:

SMRT? Analysis is a powerful, open-source bioinformatics software suite available for analysis of DNA sequencing data from Pacific Biosciences?? SMRT technology. Users can choose from a variety of analysis protocols that utilize PacBio? and third-party tools. Analysis protocols include de novo genome assembly, cDNA mapping, DNA base-modification detection, and long-amplicon analysis to determine phased consensus sequences.

This is a metapackage that depends on the components of SMRT Analysis.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install smrtanalysis

Install smrtanalysis Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install smrtanalysis

Install smrtanalysis 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 smrtanalysis using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install smrtanalysis

How To Uninstall smrtanalysis on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove smrtanalysis

Uninstall smrtanalysis And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove smrtanalysis

Remove smrtanalysis Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge smrtanalysis

Remove smrtanalysis configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge smrtanalysis

Dependencies

smrtanalysis have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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