How to Install and Uninstall bwa Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: January 22,2025

1. Install "bwa" package

Please follow the guidance below to install bwa on Kali Linux


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                bwa
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "bwa" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall bwa on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                bwa
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the bwa package on Kali Linux

Package: bwa
Source: bwa (0.7.17-7)
Version: 0.7.17-7+b3
Installed-Size: 453
Maintainer: Debian Med Packaging Team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Recommends: perl
Suggests: samtools
Size: 212232
SHA256: 628cbff4962cec35d794e063a9dd9fd45df7eb47549b4b3d381417e8aa3cbb00
SHA1: f28b51c63def7c2787c890ec10fe00b58719ece7
MD5sum: bb35912fdfc5ac4176fece2c2e70d26a
Description: Burrows-Wheeler Aligner
BWA is a software package for mapping low-divergent sequences against
a large reference genome, such as the human genome. It consists of
three algorithms: BWA-backtrack, BWA-SW and BWA-MEM. The first
algorithm is designed for Illumina sequence reads up to 100bp, while
the rest two for longer sequences ranged from 70bp to 1Mbp. BWA-MEM
and BWA-SW share similar features such as long-read support and split
alignment, but BWA-MEM, which is the latest, is generally recommended
for high-quality queries as it is faster and more accurate. BWA-MEM
also has better performance than BWA-backtrack for 70-100bp Illumina
reads.
Description-md5:
Homepage: http://bio-bwa.sourceforge.net/
Built-Using: simde (= 0.7.6-1)
Tag: biology::peptidic, field::biology, field::biology:bioinformatics,
implemented-in::c, interface::commandline, interface::text-mode,
role::program, use::analysing, use::comparing
Section: science
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/b/bwa/bwa_0.7.17-7+b3_amd64.deb