How To Install python3-genometools on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-genometools on Kali Linux. python3-genometools is Python3 bindings for genometools

Introduction

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

What is python3-genometools

python3-genometools is:

Partial Python3 bindings for the GenomeTools library. Besides basic bioinformatics data structures, the library contains components for sequence and annotation handling, sequence compression, index structure generation and access, efficient matching, annotation visualization and much more.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-genometools

Install python3-genometools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-genometools

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-genometools

How To Uninstall python3-genometools on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-genometools

Uninstall python3-genometools And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-genometools

Remove python3-genometools Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-genometools

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-genometools have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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