How To Install python-pybigwig on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-pybigwig on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-pybigwig is Python 2 module for quick access to bigBed and bigWig files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pybigwig on Debian 10.

What is python-pybigwig

python-pybigwig is:

This is a Python extension, written in C, for quick access to bigBed files, and access to and creation of bigWig files.

This contains the Python 2 version

There are three methods to install python-pybigwig on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install python-pybigwig Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-pybigwig

Install python-pybigwig Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-pybigwig

Install python-pybigwig Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install python-pybigwig using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-pybigwig

How To Uninstall python-pybigwig on Debian 10

To uninstall only the python-pybigwig package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python-pybigwig

Uninstall python-pybigwig And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-pybigwig and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-pybigwig

Remove python-pybigwig Configurations and Data

To remove python-pybigwig configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-pybigwig

Remove python-pybigwig configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-pybigwig

Dependencies

python-pybigwig have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pybigwig package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.