How To Install varna on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is varna

varna is:

VARNA is Java lightweight Applet dedicated to drawing the secondary structure of RNA. It is also a Swing component that can be very easily included in an existing Java code working with RNA secondary structure to provide a fast and interactive visualization.

Being free of fancy external library dependency and/or network access, the VARNA Applet can be used as a base for a standalone applet. It looks reasonably good and scales up or down nicely to adapt to the space available on a web page, thanks to the anti-aliasing drawing primitives of Swing.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install varna

Install varna Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install varna

Install varna 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 varna using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install varna

How To Uninstall varna on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove varna

Uninstall varna And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove varna

Remove varna Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge varna

Remove varna configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge varna

Dependencies

varna have the following dependencies:

• default-jre-headless

References

• varna website

Summary

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