How To Install python3-ngs on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-ngs on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 Ubuntu 18.04. 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 first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-ngs package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
