How To Install blimps-examples on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install blimps-examples on Kali Linux. blimps-examples is blocks database improved searcher (example data)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install blimps-examples on Kali Linux.

What is blimps-examples

blimps-examples is:

BLIMPS (BLocks IMProved Searcher) is a searching tool that scores a protein sequence against blocks or a block against sequences.

This package contains example data.

There are three methods to install blimps-examples 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 blimps-examples Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install blimps-examples

Install blimps-examples Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install blimps-examples

Install blimps-examples 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 blimps-examples using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install blimps-examples

How To Uninstall blimps-examples on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the blimps-examples package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove blimps-examples

Uninstall blimps-examples And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove blimps-examples

Remove blimps-examples Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge blimps-examples

Remove blimps-examples configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge blimps-examples

Dependencies

blimps-examples have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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