How To Install tantan on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install tantan on Kali Linux. tantan is low complexity and tandem repeat masker for biosequences

Introduction

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

What is tantan

tantan is:

tantan is a tool to mask simple regions (low complexity and short-period tandem repeats) in DNA, RNA, and protein sequences. The aim of tantan is to prevent false predictions when searching for homologous regions between two sequences. Simple repeats often align strongly to each other, causing false homology predictions.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install tantan

Install tantan Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install tantan

Install tantan 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 tantan using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install tantan

How To Uninstall tantan on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove tantan

Uninstall tantan And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove tantan

Remove tantan Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge tantan

Remove tantan configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tantan

Dependencies

tantan have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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