How To Install python-pysam on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pysam on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-pysam
python-pysam is:
Pysam is a Python module for reading and manipulating Samfiles. It’s a lightweight wrapper of the samtools C-API. Pysam also includes an interface for tabix.
This package installs the module for Python 2.
There are three methods to install python-pysam on Ubuntu 18.04. 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-pysam 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-pysam using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-pysam
Install python-pysam Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-pysam using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-pysam
Install python-pysam 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install python-pysam using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-pysam
How To Uninstall python-pysam on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-pysam package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-pysam
Uninstall python-pysam And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-pysam and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-pysam
Remove python-pysam Configurations and Data
To remove python-pysam configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-pysam
Remove python-pysam configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-pysam configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-pysam
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pysam package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
