How To Install staden-io-lib-utils on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install staden-io-lib-utils on Kali Linux.

What is staden-io-lib-utils

staden-io-lib-utils is:

The io_lib from the Staden package is a library of file reading and writing code to provide a general purpose trace file (and Experiment File) reading interface. It has been compiled and tested on a variety of unix systems, MacOS?X and MS Windows.

This package contains the programs that are distributed with the Staden io_lib for manipulating and converting sequencing data files, and in particular files to manipulate short reads generated by second and third generation sequencers and stored in SRF format.

There are three methods to install staden-io-lib-utils 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 staden-io-lib-utils Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install staden-io-lib-utils using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install staden-io-lib-utils

Install staden-io-lib-utils Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install staden-io-lib-utils using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install staden-io-lib-utils

Install staden-io-lib-utils 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 staden-io-lib-utils using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install staden-io-lib-utils

How To Uninstall staden-io-lib-utils on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the staden-io-lib-utils package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove staden-io-lib-utils

Uninstall staden-io-lib-utils And Its Dependencies

To uninstall staden-io-lib-utils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove staden-io-lib-utils

Remove staden-io-lib-utils Configurations and Data

To remove staden-io-lib-utils configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge staden-io-lib-utils

Remove staden-io-lib-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove staden-io-lib-utils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge staden-io-lib-utils

Dependencies

staden-io-lib-utils have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libstaden-read14

References

• staden-io-lib-utils website

Summary

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