Bioinformatics with Python Cookbook

Installing the required software with Anaconda

Before we get started, we need to install some prerequisite software. The following sections will take you through the software and the steps needed to install them. An alternative way to start is to use the Docker recipe, after which everything will be taken care for you via a Docker container.

If you are already using a different Python version, you are encouraged to continue using your preferred version, although you will have to adapt the following instructions to suit your environment.

Getting ready

Python can be run on top of different environments. For instance, you can use Python inside the JVM (via Jython) or with .NET (with IronPython). However, here, we are concerned not only with Python, ...