How To Install python3-alignlib on Debian 12

Learn how to install python3-alignlib on Debian 12 with this tutorial. python3-alignlib is edit and Hamming distances for biological sequences

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-alignlib on Debian 12.

What is python3-alignlib

python3-alignlib is:

A small Python module providing edit distance and Hamming distance computation. It is a dependency for the IgDiscover package and likely future others.

There are three methods to install python3-alignlib on Debian 12. 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-alignlib 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-alignlib using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-alignlib

Install python3-alignlib Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-alignlib

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-alignlib

How To Uninstall python3-alignlib on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-alignlib

Uninstall python3-alignlib And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-alignlib and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-alignlib

Remove python3-alignlib Configurations and Data

To remove python3-alignlib configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-alignlib

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-alignlib have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-alignlib package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.