How To Install python3-pyani on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-pyani on Kali Linux. python3-pyani is Python3 module for average nucleotide identity analyses

Introduction

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

What is python3-pyani

python3-pyani is:

Pyani is a Python3 module and script that provides support for calculating average nucleotide identity (ANI) and related measures for whole genome comparisons, and rendering relevant graphical summary output. Where available, it takes advantage of multicore systems, and can integrate with SGE/OGE-type job schedulers for the sequence comparisons.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-pyani

Install python3-pyani Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-pyani

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-pyani

How To Uninstall python3-pyani on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-pyani

Uninstall python3-pyani And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-pyani

Remove python3-pyani Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-pyani

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-pyani have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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