How To Install python3-ngs on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is python3-ngs

python3-ngs is:

NGS is a new, domain-specific API for accessing reads, alignments and pileups produced from Next Generation Sequencing. The API itself is independent from any particular back-end implementation, and supports use of multiple back-ends simultaneously. It also provides a library for building new back-end “engines”. The engine for accessing SRA data is contained within the sister repository ncbi-vdb.

The API is currently expressed in C++, Java and Python languages. The design makes it possible to maintain a high degree of similarity between the code in one language and code in another - especially between C++ and Java.

Python3 bindings.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-ngs

Install python3-ngs Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-ngs

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-ngs

How To Uninstall python3-ngs on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-ngs

Uninstall python3-ngs And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-ngs

Remove python3-ngs Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-ngs

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-ngs have the following dependencies:

• python3

References

• python3-ngs website

Summary

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