How To Install pyvcf on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pyvcf on Kali Linux.

What is pyvcf

pyvcf is:

The Variant Call Format (VCF) specifies the format of a text file used in bioinformatics for storing gene sequence variations. The format has been developed with the advent of large-scale genotyping and DNA sequencing projects, such as the 1000 Genomes Project.

The intent of this module is to mimic the csv module in the Python stdlib, as opposed to more flexible serialization formats like JSON or YAML. vcf will attempt to parse the content of each record based on the data types specified in the meta-information lines – specifically the ##INFO and ##FORMAT lines. If these lines are missing or incomplete, it will check against the reserved types mentioned in the spec. Failing that, it will just return strings.

This package provides helper scripts using python3-pyvcf.

There are three methods to install pyvcf 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 pyvcf Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install pyvcf

Install pyvcf Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install pyvcf using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install pyvcf

Install pyvcf 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 pyvcf using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install pyvcf

How To Uninstall pyvcf on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the pyvcf package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove pyvcf

Uninstall pyvcf And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove pyvcf

Remove pyvcf Configurations and Data

To remove pyvcf configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge pyvcf

Remove pyvcf configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pyvcf

Dependencies

pyvcf have the following dependencies:

• python3

References

• pyvcf website

Summary

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