How To Install qcat on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install qcat on Kali Linux. qcat is demultiplexing Oxford Nanopore reads from FASTQ files

Introduction

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

What is `qcat`

qcat is:

Qcat is a command-line tool for demultiplexing Oxford Nanopore reads
from FASTQ files. It accepts basecalled FASTQ files and splits the reads
into separate FASTQ files based on their barcode. Qcat makes the
demultiplexing algorithms used in albacore/guppy and EPI2ME available to
be used locally with FASTQ files. Currently qcat implements the EPI2ME
algorithm.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install qcat

Install qcat Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install qcat

Install qcat 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 qcat using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install qcat

How To Uninstall qcat on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove qcat

Uninstall qcat And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove qcat

Remove qcat Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge qcat

Remove qcat configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge qcat

Dependencies

qcat have the following dependencies:

References

qcat website

Summary

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