How To Install seqtk on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is seqtk

seqtk is:

Currently, seqtk supports quality based trimming with the phred algorithm, converting fastq to fasta, reverse complementing sequences, extracting or masking subsequences in regions given in a BED/name list file, and more. It contains a subsampling module to sample exactly n sequences or a fraction of sequences.

Seqtk supports both fasta and fastq input files, which can be optionally gzip compressed.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install seqtk

Install seqtk Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install seqtk

Install seqtk 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 seqtk using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install seqtk

How To Uninstall seqtk on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove seqtk

Uninstall seqtk And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove seqtk

Remove seqtk Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge seqtk

Remove seqtk configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge seqtk

Dependencies

seqtk have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• zlib1g

References

• seqtk website

Summary

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