How To Install hilive on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install hilive on Kali Linux. hilive is realtime alignment of Illumina reads

Introduction

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

What is hilive

hilive is:

HiLive is a read mapping tool that maps Illumina HiSeq (or comparable) reads to a reference genome right in the moment when they are produced. This means, read mapping is finished as soon as the sequencer is finished generating the data.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install hilive

Install hilive Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install hilive

Install hilive 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 hilive using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install hilive

How To Uninstall hilive on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove hilive

Uninstall hilive And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove hilive

Remove hilive Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge hilive

Remove hilive configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge hilive

Dependencies

hilive have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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