How To Install python-xopen on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-xopen on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-xopen
python-xopen is:
This small Python module provides a xopen function that works like the built-in open function, but can also deal with compressed files. Supported compression formats are gzip, bzip2 and xz. They are automatically recognized by their file extensions .gz, .bz2 or .xz.
The focus is on being as efficient as possible on all supported Python versions. For example, simply using gzip.open is slow in older Pythons, and it is a lot faster to use a gzip subprocess.
This module has originally been developed as part of the cutadapt tool that is used in bioinformatics to manipulate sequencing data. It has been in successful use within that software for a few years.
This is the Python 2 version.
There are three methods to install python-xopen 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-xopen 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-xopen using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-xopen
Install python-xopen Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-xopen using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-xopen
Install python-xopen 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-xopen using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-xopen
How To Uninstall python-xopen on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-xopen package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-xopen
Uninstall python-xopen And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-xopen and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-xopen
Remove python-xopen Configurations and Data
To remove python-xopen configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-xopen
Remove python-xopen configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-xopen configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-xopen
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-xopen package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
