How To Install subread on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is subread

subread is:

Subread aligner can be used to align both gDNA-seq and RNA-seq reads.
Subjunc aligner was specified designed for the detection of exon-exon
junction. For the mapping of RNA-seq reads, Subread performs local
alignments and Subjunc performs global alignments.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install subread

Install subread Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install subread

Install subread 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 subread using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install subread

How To Uninstall subread on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove subread

Uninstall subread And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove subread

Remove subread Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge subread

Remove subread configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge subread

Dependencies

subread have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• zlib1g

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References

• subread website

Summary

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