How To Install ecopcr on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install ecopcr on Kali Linux. ecopcr is estimate PCR barcode primers quality

Introduction

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

What is ecopcr

ecopcr is:

DNA barcoding is a tool for characterizing the species origin using a short sequence from a standard position and agreed upon position in the genome. To be used as a DNA barcode, a genome locus should vary among individuals of the same species only to a minor degree and it should vary among species very quickly. From a practical point of view, a barcode locus should be ??anked by two conserved regions to design PCR primers. Several manually discovered barcode loci like COI, rbcL, 18S, 16S and 23S rDNA, or trnH-ps are routinely used today, but no objective function has been described to measure their quality in terms of universality (barcode coverage, Bc ) or in terms of taxonomical discrimination capacity (barcode speci??city, Bs ).

ecoPCR is an electronic PCR software developed by LECA and Helix-Project. It helps to estimate Barcode primers quality. In conjunction with OBITools you can postprocess ecoPCR output to compute barcode coverage and barcode speci??city. New barcode primers can be developed using the ecoPrimers software

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install ecopcr

Install ecopcr Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ecopcr

Install ecopcr 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 ecopcr using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ecopcr

How To Uninstall ecopcr on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ecopcr

Uninstall ecopcr And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ecopcr

Remove ecopcr Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ecopcr

Remove ecopcr configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ecopcr

Dependencies

ecopcr have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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