How To Install virulencefinder on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is virulencefinder

virulencefinder is:

The VirulenceFinder service contains one Python script virulencefinder.py which is the script of the latest version of the VirulenceFinder service. VirulenceFinder identifies viruelnce genes in total or partial sequenced isolates of bacteria - at the moment only E. coli, Enterococcus, S. aureus and Listeria are available.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install virulencefinder

Install virulencefinder Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install virulencefinder

Install virulencefinder 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 virulencefinder using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install virulencefinder

How To Uninstall virulencefinder on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove virulencefinder

Uninstall virulencefinder And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove virulencefinder

Remove virulencefinder Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge virulencefinder

Remove virulencefinder configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge virulencefinder

Dependencies

virulencefinder have the following dependencies:

• python3

References

• virulencefinder website

Summary

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