How To Install python3-screed on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-screed on Kali Linux. python3-screed is short nucleotide read sequence utils in Python 3

Introduction

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

What is python3-screed

python3-screed is:

Screed parses FASTA and FASTQ files, generates databases, and lets you query these databases. Values such as sequence name, sequence description, sequence quality, and the sequence itself can be retrieved from these databases.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-screed

Install python3-screed Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-screed

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-screed

How To Uninstall python3-screed on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-screed

Uninstall python3-screed And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-screed

Remove python3-screed Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-screed

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-screed have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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