How To Install tvc on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is tvc

tvc is:

Torrent Variant Caller (TVC) is a genetic variant caller for Ion Torrent sequencing platforms, and is specially optimized to exploit the underlying flow signal information in the statistical model to evaluate variants. Torrent Variant Caller is designed to call single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), multi-nucleotide polymorphisms (MNPs), insertions, deletions, and block substitutions.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install tvc

Install tvc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install tvc

Install tvc 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 tvc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install tvc

How To Uninstall tvc on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove tvc

Uninstall tvc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove tvc

Remove tvc Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge tvc

Remove tvc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tvc

Dependencies

tvc have the following dependencies:

• libarmadillo10

References

• tvc website

Summary

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