How To Install sspace on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is sspace

sspace is:

SSAKE-based Scaffolding of Pre-Assembled Contigs after Extension (SSPACE) is a script able to extend and scaffold pre-assembled contigs using one or more mate pairs or paired-end libraries, or even a combination.

SSPACE is built based on SSAKE. Code of SSAKE is changed to be able to extend and scaffold pre-assembled contigs for multiple paired reads libraries.

This is the free ‘basic’ version of SSPACE. The non-free ‘standard’ version is available directly from Baseclear.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install sspace

Install sspace Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install sspace

Install sspace 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 sspace using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install sspace

How To Uninstall sspace on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove sspace

Uninstall sspace And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove sspace

Remove sspace Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge sspace

Remove sspace configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sspace

Dependencies

sspace have the following dependencies:

• perl

References

• sspace website

Summary

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