How To Install ssake on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is ssake

ssake is:

The Short Sequence Assembly by K-mer search and 3?? read Extension (SSAKE) is a genomics application for aggressively assembling millions of short nucleotide sequences by progressively searching for perfect 3??-most k-mers using a DNA prefix tree. SSAKE is designed to help leverage the information from short sequences reads by stringently clustering them into contigs that can be used to characterize novel sequencing targets.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install ssake

Install ssake Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ssake

Install ssake 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 ssake using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ssake

How To Uninstall ssake on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ssake

Uninstall ssake And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ssake

Remove ssake Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ssake

Remove ssake configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ssake

Dependencies

ssake have the following dependencies:

• perl

References

• ssake website

Summary

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