How To Install emboss-test on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install emboss-test on Kali Linux.

What is emboss-test

emboss-test is:

EMBOSS is a free Open Source software analysis package specially developed for the needs of the molecular biology (e.g. EMBnet) user community. The software automatically copes with data in a variety of formats and even allows transparent retrieval of sequence data from the web. Also, as extensive libraries are provided with the package, it is a platform to allow other scientists to develop and release software in true open source spirit. EMBOSS also integrates a range of currently available packages and tools for sequence analysis into a seamless whole. EMBOSS breaks the historical trend towards commercial software packages.

This package includes test files for EMBOSS, the European Molecular Biology Open Software Suite.

It is a good idea to use the data from this package for your bug reports when possible.

There are three methods to install emboss-test 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 emboss-test Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install emboss-test

Install emboss-test Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install emboss-test

Install emboss-test 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 emboss-test using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install emboss-test

How To Uninstall emboss-test on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the emboss-test package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove emboss-test

Uninstall emboss-test And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove emboss-test

Remove emboss-test Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge emboss-test

Remove emboss-test configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge emboss-test

Dependencies

emboss-test have the following dependencies:

References

• emboss-test website

Summary

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