How To Install libswiss-perl on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libswiss-perl on Kali Linux.

What is libswiss-perl

libswiss-perl is:

UniProt, SwissProt and TrEMBL are different views on protein sequence data that is prepared by groups at the European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) in Cambridge and the Swiss Bioinformatics Institute (SIB) at the University Hospital in Geneva.

The SwissKnife Perl library is used by the developers of these databases to perform all the automated editing and sytax checks. The users of this package will profit from the stable API on an ever evolving representation of biological knowledge.

There are three methods to install libswiss-perl 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 libswiss-perl Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libswiss-perl

Install libswiss-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libswiss-perl

Install libswiss-perl 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 libswiss-perl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libswiss-perl

How To Uninstall libswiss-perl on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libswiss-perl package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libswiss-perl

Uninstall libswiss-perl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libswiss-perl

Remove libswiss-perl Configurations and Data

To remove libswiss-perl configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libswiss-perl

Remove libswiss-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libswiss-perl

Dependencies

libswiss-perl have the following dependencies:

• perl

References

• libswiss-perl website

Summary

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