How To Install spades on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install spades on Kali Linux. spades is genome assembler for single-cell and isolates data sets

Introduction

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

What is spades

spades is:

The SPAdes ?? St. Petersburg genome assembler is intended for both standard isolates and single-cell MDA bacteria assemblies. It works with Illumina or IonTorrent reads and is capable of providing hybrid assemblies using PacBio and Sanger reads. You can also provide additional contigs that will be used as long reads.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install spades

Install spades Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install spades

Install spades 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 spades using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install spades

How To Uninstall spades on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove spades

Uninstall spades And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove spades

Remove spades Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge spades

Remove spades configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge spades

Dependencies

spades have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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