How To Install python3-xopen on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is python3-xopen

python3-xopen is:

This small Python3 module provides a xopen function that works like the built-in open function, but can also deal with compressed files. Supported compression formats are gzip, bzip2 and xz. They are automatically recognized by their file extensions .gz, .bz2 or .xz.

The focus is on being as efficient as possible on all supported Python versions. For example, simply using gzip.open is slow in older Pythons, and it is a lot faster to use a gzip subprocess.

This module has originally been developed as part of the cutadapt tool that is used in bioinformatics to manipulate sequencing data. It has been in successful use within that software for a few years.

This is the Python3 version.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-xopen

Install python3-xopen Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-xopen

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-xopen

How To Uninstall python3-xopen on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-xopen

Uninstall python3-xopen And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-xopen

Remove python3-xopen Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-xopen

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-xopen have the following dependencies:

• python3

References

• python3-xopen website

Summary

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