How To Install kleborate on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install kleborate on Kali Linux. kleborate is tool to screen Klebsiella genome assemblies

Introduction

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

What is kleborate

kleborate is:

Kleborate is a tool to screen Klebsiella genome assemblies for:

  • MLST sequence type
  • species (e.g. K. pneumoniae, K. quasipneumoniae, K. variicola, etc.)
  • ICEKp associated virulence loci: yersiniabactin (ybt), colibactin (clb)
  • virulence plasmid associated loci: salmochelin (iro), aerobactin (iuc), hypermucoidy (rmpA, rmpA2)
  • antimicrobial resistance genes, including quinolone resistance SNPs and colistin resistance truncations
  • K (capsule) and O antigen (LPS) serotype prediction, via wzi alleles and Kaptive

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install kleborate

Install kleborate Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install kleborate

Install kleborate 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 kleborate using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install kleborate

How To Uninstall kleborate on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove kleborate

Uninstall kleborate And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove kleborate

Remove kleborate Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge kleborate

Remove kleborate configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kleborate

Dependencies

kleborate have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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