How to Install and Uninstall megahit Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: May 05,2024

1. Install "megahit" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install megahit on Kali Linux


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall megahit on Kali Linux:


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

Package: megahit
Version: 1.2.9-5
Installed-Size: 8071
Maintainer: Debian Med Packaging Team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: bzip2, python3-all, python3:any, libc6 (>= 2.34), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.4), libgomp1 (>= 6), libstdc++6 (>= 13.1), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Size: 1162860
SHA256: 41c45ba3722609b30288c37b7398ca524028ff72c252376d236e0817eb3fc933
SHA1: 630ccf5c56508e71c5d60db87b58f4f10e7d4296
MD5sum: 3c1ae65e59fa77e51dbf2c25693b4c41
Description: ultra-fast and memory-efficient meta-genome assembler
Megahit is an ultra-fast and memory-efficient NGS assembler. It is
optimized for metagenomes, but also works well on generic single genome
assembly (small or mammalian size) and single-cell assembly.
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The software was praised in a Briefings in Bioinformatics 5/2020
review (DOI: 10.1093/bib/bbaa085).
Description-md5:
Homepage: https://github.com/voutcn/megahit
Section: science
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/m/megahit/megahit_1.2.9-5_amd64.deb