How To Install bustools on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install bustools on Kali Linux. bustools is program for manipulating BUS files for single cell RNA-Seq datasets

Introduction

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

What is bustools

bustools is:

This package contains BUStools program, it can be used to error correct barcodes, collapse UMIs, produce gene count or transcript compatibility count matrices

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install bustools

Install bustools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install bustools

Install bustools 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 bustools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install bustools

How To Uninstall bustools on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove bustools

Uninstall bustools And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove bustools

Remove bustools Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge bustools

Remove bustools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bustools

Dependencies

bustools have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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