How To Install python3-cutadapt on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-cutadapt on Kali Linux. python3-cutadapt is Clean biological sequences from high-throughput sequencing reads (Python 3)

Introduction

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

What is python3-cutadapt

python3-cutadapt is:

Cutadapt helps with biological sequence clean tasks by finding the adapter or primer sequences in an error-tolerant way. It can also modify and filter reads in various ways. Adapter sequences can contain IUPAC wildcard characters. Also, paired-end reads and even colorspace data is supported. If you want, you can also just demultiplex your input data, without removing adapter sequences at all.

This package contains the Python 3 module.

There are three methods to install python3-cutadapt 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-cutadapt 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-cutadapt using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-cutadapt

Install python3-cutadapt Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-cutadapt

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-cutadapt

How To Uninstall python3-cutadapt on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-cutadapt

Uninstall python3-cutadapt And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-cutadapt

Remove python3-cutadapt Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-cutadapt

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-cutadapt have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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