How To Install python3-edlib on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-edlib on Kali Linux. python3-edlib is library for sequence alignment using edit distance (Python3 module)

Introduction

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

What is python3-edlib

python3-edlib is:

A lightweight and super fast C/C++ library for sequence alignment using edit distance.

Calculating edit distance of two strings is as simple as:

edlibAlign(“hello”, 5, “world!”, 6, edlibDefaultAlignConfig()).editDistance; Features

  • Calculates edit distance (Levehnstein distance).
  • It can find optimal alignment path (instructions how to transform first sequence into the second sequence).
  • It can find just the start and/or end locations of alignment path - can be useful when speed is more important than having exact alignment path.
  • Supports multiple alignment methods: global(NW), prefix(SHW) and infix(HW), each of them useful for different scenarios.
  • You can extend character equality definition, enabling you to e.g. have wildcard characters, to have case insensitive alignment or to work with degenerate nucleotides.
  • It can easily handle small or very large sequences, even when finding alignment path, while consuming very little memory.
  • Super fast thanks to Myers’s bit-vector algorithm.

This package contains the Python3 module.

There are three methods to install python3-edlib 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-edlib 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-edlib using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-edlib

Install python3-edlib Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-edlib

Install python3-edlib 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-edlib using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python3-edlib

How To Uninstall python3-edlib on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-edlib

Uninstall python3-edlib And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-edlib

Remove python3-edlib Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-edlib

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-edlib have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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