How To Install python3-gffutils on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-gffutils on Kali Linux.
What is python3-gffutils
python3-gffutils is:
A Python package for working with and manipulating the GFF and GTF format files typically used for genomic annotations. Files are loaded into a sqlite3 database, allowing much more complex manipulation of hierarchical features (e.g., genes, transcripts, and exons) than is possible with plain-text methods alone.
There are three methods to install python3-gffutils 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-gffutils Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install python3-gffutils using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-gffutilsInstall python3-gffutils Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install python3-gffutils using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-gffutilsInstall python3-gffutils 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install python3-gffutils using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-gffutilsHow To Uninstall python3-gffutils on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the python3-gffutils package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-gffutilsUninstall python3-gffutils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-gffutils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-gffutilsRemove python3-gffutils Configurations and Data
To remove python3-gffutils configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-gffutilsRemove python3-gffutils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-gffutils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-gffutilsDependencies
python3-gffutils have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-gffutils package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.