How To Install python3-bcbio on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-bcbio on Kali Linux. python3-bcbio is library for analysing high-throughput sequencing data

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-bcbio on Kali Linux.

What is python3-bcbio

python3-bcbio is:

This package installs the Python 3 libraries of the bcbio-nextgen toolkit implementing best-practice pipelines for fully automated high throughput sequencing analysis.

A high-level configuration file specifies inputs and analysis parameters to drive a parallel pipeline that handles distributed execution, idempotent processing restarts and safe transactional steps. The project contributes a shared community resource that handles the data processing component of sequencing analysis, providing researchers with more time to focus on the downstream biology.

There are three methods to install python3-bcbio on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install python3-bcbio Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-bcbio using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-bcbio

Install python3-bcbio Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-bcbio using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python3-bcbio

Install python3-bcbio Using aptitude

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

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-bcbio using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python3-bcbio

How To Uninstall python3-bcbio on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the python3-bcbio package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python3-bcbio

Uninstall python3-bcbio And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-bcbio and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-bcbio

Remove python3-bcbio Configurations and Data

To remove python3-bcbio configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-bcbio

Remove python3-bcbio configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python3-bcbio configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-bcbio

Dependencies

python3-bcbio have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-bcbio package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.