How To Install velvetoptimiser on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is velvetoptimiser

velvetoptimiser is:

VelvetOptimiser is a multi-threaded Perl script for automatically optimising the three primary parameter options (K, -exp_cov, -cov_cutoff) for the Velvet de novo sequence assembler.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install velvetoptimiser

Install velvetoptimiser Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install velvetoptimiser

Install velvetoptimiser 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 velvetoptimiser using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install velvetoptimiser

How To Uninstall velvetoptimiser on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove velvetoptimiser

Uninstall velvetoptimiser And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove velvetoptimiser

Remove velvetoptimiser Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge velvetoptimiser

Remove velvetoptimiser configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge velvetoptimiser

Dependencies

velvetoptimiser have the following dependencies:

• velvet
• bioperl

References

• velvetoptimiser website

Summary

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