Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bcalm on Kali Linux.
What is bcalm
bcalm is:
A bioinformatics tool for constructing the compacted de Bruijn graph
from sequencing data.
This is the parallel version of the BCALM software using gatb-core
library.
There are three methods to install bcalm 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 bcalm Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install bcalm using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install bcalmInstall bcalm Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install bcalm using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install bcalmInstall bcalm 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install bcalm using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install bcalm
How To Uninstall bcalm on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the bcalm package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove bcalm
Uninstall bcalm And Its Dependencies
To uninstall bcalm and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove bcalm
Remove bcalm Configurations and Data
To remove bcalm configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge bcalm
Remove bcalm configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove bcalm configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bcalm
Dependencies
bcalm have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bcalm package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
