How To Install python3-parasail on Debian 12

Learn how to install python3-parasail on Debian 12 with this tutorial. python3-parasail is Python3 bindings for the parasail C library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-parasail on Debian 12.

What is python3-parasail

python3-parasail is:

This package provides the Python3 bindings for parasail. Parasail is a SIMD C library containing implementations of the Smith-Waterman, Needleman-Wunsch, and various semi-global pairwise sequence alignment algorithm.

There are three methods to install python3-parasail on Debian 12. 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-parasail 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-parasail using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-parasail

Install python3-parasail Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-parasail

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-parasail

How To Uninstall python3-parasail on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-parasail

Uninstall python3-parasail And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-parasail and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-parasail

Remove python3-parasail Configurations and Data

To remove python3-parasail configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-parasail

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-parasail have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-parasail package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.