Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install soapdenovo on Kali Linux.
What is soapdenovo
soapdenovo is:
SOAPdenovo is a novel short-read assembly method that can build a de novo draft
assembly for the human-sized genomes. The program is specially designed to
assemble Illumina GA short reads.
It creates new opportunities for building reference
sequences and carrying out accurate analyses of unexplored genomes in a cost
effective way.
This version is not maintained anymore, consider using soapdenovo2.
There are three methods to install soapdenovo 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 soapdenovo Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install soapdenovo using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install soapdenovoInstall soapdenovo Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install soapdenovo using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install soapdenovoInstall soapdenovo 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 soapdenovo using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install soapdenovo
How To Uninstall soapdenovo on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the soapdenovo package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove soapdenovo
Uninstall soapdenovo And Its Dependencies
To uninstall soapdenovo and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove soapdenovo
Remove soapdenovo Configurations and Data
To remove soapdenovo configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge soapdenovo
Remove soapdenovo configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove soapdenovo configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge soapdenovo
Dependencies
soapdenovo have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install soapdenovo package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
