How To Install umis on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install umis on Kali Linux. umis is tools for processing UMI RNA-tag data

Introduction

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

What is umis

umis is:

Umis provides tools for estimating expression in RNA-Seq data which performs sequencing of end tags of transcript, and incorporate molecular tags to correct for amplification bias.

There are four steps in this process.

  1. Formatting reads
  2. Filtering noisy cellular barcodes
  3. Pseudo-mapping to cDNAs
  4. Counting molecular identifiers

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install umis

Install umis Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install umis

Install umis 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 umis using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install umis

How To Uninstall umis on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove umis

Uninstall umis And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove umis

Remove umis Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge umis

Remove umis configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge umis

Dependencies

umis have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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