How to Install and Uninstall python3-xopen Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "python3-xopen" package

Please follow the steps below to install python3-xopen on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                python3-xopen
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "python3-xopen" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall python3-xopen on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                python3-xopen
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the python3-xopen package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: python3-xopen
Architecture: all
Version: 0.9.0-1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/python
Source: python-xopen
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Med Packaging Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 40
Depends: python3:any, python3-pkg-resources, pigz
Filename: pool/universe/p/python-xopen/python3-xopen_0.9.0-1_all.deb
Size: 9588
MD5sum: 076404e299a7c8c447defc6697c976fb
SHA1: bd368838b162369e5d712a8fbd57617c9911d9d2
SHA256: 2ae825640e9e2f87c7dc373708f3ef12a3befbdf265853a416d7529bb6d7c8a9
SHA512: 175dd96269740534ad75f5168292b87e99f9d777838c6c73f4336da88e5586c0da6086ff1d320df34a2b7f56dc1d09993447e864aa0d1811537df501bca24f86
Homepage: https://github.com/marcelm/xopen
Description-en: Python3 module to open compressed files transparently
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.
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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.
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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.
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This is the Python3 version.
Description-md5: 07bc3f3915c930e4ddff0500f0128a90