How To Install python3-pbcommand on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-pbcommand on Kali Linux. python3-pbcommand is common command-line interface for Pacific Biosciences analysis modules

Introduction

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

What is python3-pbcommand

python3-pbcommand is:

To integrate with the pbsmrtpipe workflow engine, one must to be able to generate a Tool Contract and to be able to run from a Resolved Tool Contract. A Tool Contract contains the metadata of the exe, such as the file types of inputs, outputs and options. There are two principal use cases, first wrapping/calling Python functions that have been defined in external Python 3 packages, or scripts. Second, creating a CLI tool that supports emitting tool contracts, running resolved tool contracts and complete argparse-style CLI.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-pbcommand

Install python3-pbcommand Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-pbcommand

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-pbcommand

How To Uninstall python3-pbcommand on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-pbcommand

Uninstall python3-pbcommand And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-pbcommand

Remove python3-pbcommand Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-pbcommand

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-pbcommand have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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