How To Install python-pyfaidx-examples on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pyfaidx-examples on Ubuntu 18.04. python-pyfaidx-examples is example data for efficient random access to fasta subsequences for Python

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pyfaidx-examples on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is python-pyfaidx-examples

python-pyfaidx-examples is:

Samtools provides a function “faidx” (FAsta InDeX), which creates a small flat index file “.fai” allowing for fast random access to any subsequence in the indexed FASTA file, while loading a minimal amount of the file in to memory. This Python module implements pure Python classes for indexing, retrieval, and in-place modification of FASTA files using a samtools compatible index. The pyfaidx module is API compatible with the pygr seqdb module. A command-line script “faidx” is installed alongside the pyfaidx module, and facilitates complex manipulation of FASTA files without any programming knowledge.

This package provides example data to test the Python modules.

There are three methods to install python-pyfaidx-examples on Ubuntu 18.04. 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-pyfaidx-examples 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-pyfaidx-examples using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python-pyfaidx-examples

Install python-pyfaidx-examples Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-pyfaidx-examples

Install python-pyfaidx-examples 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-pyfaidx-examples

How To Uninstall python-pyfaidx-examples on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove python-pyfaidx-examples

Uninstall python-pyfaidx-examples And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-pyfaidx-examples and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-pyfaidx-examples

Remove python-pyfaidx-examples Configurations and Data

To remove python-pyfaidx-examples configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-pyfaidx-examples

Remove python-pyfaidx-examples configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-pyfaidx-examples

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pyfaidx-examples package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.