How To Install python3-fast5 on Debian 9

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-fast5 on Debian 9.

What is python3-fast5

python3-fast5 is:

A lightweight C++11 library to read raw signal data from Oxford Nanopore’s FAST5 files.

This package provides the Python 3 library

There are three methods to install python3-fast5 on Debian 9. 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-fast5 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-fast5 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-fast5

Install python3-fast5 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-fast5 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python3-fast5

Install python3-fast5 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-fast5 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python3-fast5

How To Uninstall python3-fast5 on Debian 9

To uninstall only the python3-fast5 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python3-fast5

Uninstall python3-fast5 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-fast5 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-fast5

Remove python3-fast5 Configurations and Data

To remove python3-fast5 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-fast5

Remove python3-fast5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python3-fast5 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-fast5

Dependencies

python3-fast5 have the following dependencies:

• libboost-python1.62.0
• libc6
• libgcc1

References

• python3-fast5 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-fast5 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.