How To Install python-genometools on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-genometools on Debian 9. python-genometools is Python bindings for genometools

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-genometools on Debian 9.

What is python-genometools

python-genometools is:

Partial Python2 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 python-genometools on Debian 9. 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-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 python-genometools using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python-genometools

Install python-genometools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-genometools

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-genometools

How To Uninstall python-genometools on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove python-genometools

Uninstall python-genometools And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-genometools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-genometools

Remove python-genometools Configurations and Data

To remove python-genometools configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-genometools

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-genometools have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-genometools package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.