How To Install python-fast5 on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-fast5 on Debian 10.
What is python-fast5
python-fast5 is:
A lightweight C++11 library to read raw signal data from Oxford Nanopore’s FAST5 files.
This package provides the Python 2 library
There are three methods to install python-fast5 on Debian 10. 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-fast5 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-fast5 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-fast5
Install python-fast5 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-fast5 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-fast5
Install python-fast5 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install python-fast5 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-fast5
How To Uninstall python-fast5 on Debian 10
To uninstall only the python-fast5 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-fast5
Uninstall python-fast5 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-fast5 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-fast5
Remove python-fast5 Configurations and Data
To remove python-fast5 configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-fast5
Remove python-fast5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-fast5 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-fast5
Dependencies
python-fast5 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-fast5 package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.