How to Install and Uninstall ssw-align Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: January 10,2025

1. Install "ssw-align" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install ssw-align on Kali Linux


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                ssw-align
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "ssw-align" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall ssw-align on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                ssw-align
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the ssw-align package on Kali Linux

Package: ssw-align
Source: libssw
Version: 1.1-14
Installed-Size: 63
Maintainer: Debian Med Packaging Team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4), libssw0 (= 1.1-14)
Size: 23868
SHA256: d81241255f2fccac935227b627623b78665e1f491b94bd7a6ed66038098788d3
SHA1: 65d804472e289417a2f3593189b801dc5a7e50c6
MD5sum: bf1da19ece4ed4d2b1eeccb30f994a89
Description: Smith-Waterman aligner based on libssw
This package provides a command-line aligner based on the libssw library,
a fast SIMD accelerated implementation of the Smith-Waterman algorithm.
The input files can be in FASTA or FASTQ format. Both target and query files
can contain multiple sequences. Each sequence in the query file will be
aligned with all sequences in the target file. Output is provided in SAM or
BLAST-like text format.
Description-md5:
Homepage: https://github.com/mengyao/Complete-Striped-Smith-Waterman-Library
Section: science
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/libs/libssw/ssw-align_1.1-14_amd64.deb