Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ssake on Kali Linux.
What is ssake
ssake is:
The Short Sequence Assembly by K-mer search and 3?? read Extension
(SSAKE) is a genomics application for aggressively assembling
millions of short nucleotide sequences by progressively searching for
perfect 3??-most k-mers using a DNA prefix tree. SSAKE is designed to
help leverage the information from short sequences reads by
stringently clustering them into contigs that can be used to
characterize novel sequencing targets.
There are three methods to install ssake 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 ssake Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install ssake using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ssakeInstall ssake Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ssake using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ssakeInstall ssake 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 ssake using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ssake
How To Uninstall ssake on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the ssake package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ssake
Uninstall ssake And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ssake and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ssake
Remove ssake Configurations and Data
To remove ssake configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ssake
Remove ssake configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ssake configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ssake
Dependencies
ssake have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ssake package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
