Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install belvu on Kali Linux.
What is belvu
belvu is:
Belvu is a multiple sequence alignment viewer and phylogenetic tool with
an extensive set of user-configurable modes to color residues.
- View multiple sequence alignments.
- Residues can be coloured by conservation, with user-configurable
cutoffs and colours. - Residues can be coloured by residue type (user-configurable).
- Colour schemes can be imported or exported.
- Swissprot (or PIR) entries can be fetched by double clicking.
- The position in the alignment can be easily tracked.
- Manual deletion of rows and columns.
- Automatic editing of rows and columns based on customisable criteria:
- removal of all-gap columns;
- removal of all gaps;
- removal of redundant sequences;
- removal of a column by a user-specified percentage of gaps;
- filtering of sequences by percent identity;
- removal of sequences by a user-specified percentage of gaps;
- removal of partial sequences (those starting or ending with
gaps); and - removal of columns by conservation (with user-specified
upper/lower cutoffs).
- The alignment can be saved in Stockholm, Selex, MSF or FASTA format.
- Distance matrices between sequences can be generated using a variety
of distance metrics. - Distance matrices can be imported or exported.
- Phylogenetic trees can be constructed based on various distance-based
tree reconstruction algorithms. - Trees can be saved in New Hampshire format.
- Belvu can perform bootstrap phylogenetic reconstruction.
There are three methods to install belvu 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 belvu Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install belvu using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install belvuInstall belvu Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install belvu using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install belvuInstall belvu 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 belvu using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install belvu
How To Uninstall belvu on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the belvu package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove belvu
Uninstall belvu And Its Dependencies
To uninstall belvu and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove belvu
Remove belvu Configurations and Data
To remove belvu configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge belvu
Remove belvu configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove belvu configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge belvu
Dependencies
belvu have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install belvu package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
