How To Install unicycler-data on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install unicycler-data on Kali Linux.

What is unicycler-data

unicycler-data is:

Unicycler is an assembly pipeline for bacterial genomes. It can assemble Illumina-only read sets where it functions as a SPAdes-optimiser. It can also assembly long-read-only sets (PacBio or Nanopore) where it runs a miniasm+Racon pipeline. For the best possible assemblies, give it both Illumina reads and long reads, and it will conduct a hybrid assembly.

This package contains architecture independent data for unicycler.

There are three methods to install unicycler-data 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 unicycler-data Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install unicycler-data

Install unicycler-data Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install unicycler-data

Install unicycler-data 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 unicycler-data using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install unicycler-data

How To Uninstall unicycler-data on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the unicycler-data package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove unicycler-data

Uninstall unicycler-data And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove unicycler-data

Remove unicycler-data Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge unicycler-data

Remove unicycler-data configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge unicycler-data

Dependencies

unicycler-data have the following dependencies:

References

• unicycler-data website

Summary

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