How To Install python3-biotools on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-biotools on Kali Linux. python3-biotools is Python3 bioinformatics utilities for high-throughput genomic sequencing

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-biotools on Kali Linux.

What is python3-biotools

python3-biotools is:

This package contains utilities like biotools.align - align sequences (hybrid between Needleman-Wunsch and Smith-Waterman which is used to find the subsequence within a larger sequence that best aligns to a reference) biotools.annotation - create annotation files. The annotations can be used to create a hierarchy among the annotations biotools.BLAST - manage BLAST databases and interface with the BLAST+ standalone program available from NCBI. biotools.clustal - interface to clustalw global (multiple nucleotide or peptide sequence alignment) biotools.complement - creates the complement of a sequence, which can then be reversed biotools.sequence - various tools to deal with sequences biotools.translate - translate a nucleotide using the standard genetic code

This package contains the Python3 module.

There are three methods to install python3-biotools on Kali Linux. 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-biotools 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-biotools using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-biotools

Install python3-biotools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-biotools

Install python3-biotools Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-biotools

How To Uninstall python3-biotools on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-biotools

Uninstall python3-biotools And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-biotools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-biotools

Remove python3-biotools Configurations and Data

To remove python3-biotools configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-biotools

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-biotools have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-biotools package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.