How to Install and Uninstall maq Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "maq" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install maq on Kali Linux


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall maq on Kali Linux:


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

Package: maq
Version: 0.7.1-9
Installed-Size: 543
Maintainer: Debian Med Packaging Team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.29), libstdc++6 (>= 5), zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.3.3)
Suggests: bwa, samtools
Size: 302812
SHA256: 60b833aa62c131f3fdb2e64decfc70c8786f9726ac059010421ffde727a8d81d
SHA1: a52ec4f41f3c740aaee48e85c4819d93c48d30c2
MD5sum: 7175d793aff9e5a4cefc8e15da057a0f
Description: maps short fixed-length polymorphic DNA sequence reads to reference sequences
Maq (short for Mapping and Assembly with Quality) builds mapping assemblies
from short reads generated by the next-generation sequencing machines. It was
particularly designed for Illumina-Solexa 1G Genetic Analyzer, and has a
preliminary functionality to handle ABI SOLiD data. Maq is previously known as
mapass2.
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Developmemt of Maq stopped in 2008. Its successors are BWA and SAMtools.
Description-md5:
Homepage: http://maq.sourceforge.net/
Tag: field::biology, field::biology:bioinformatics, implemented-in::c++,
implemented-in::perl, interface::commandline, role::program,
scope::utility, use::TODO, use::analysing, use::comparing,
use::searching, works-with-format::TODO, works-with-format::plaintext,
works-with::TODO
Section: science
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/m/maq/maq_0.7.1-9_amd64.deb