Technical requirements

In this chapter, we’ll use the following tools and packages:

• Biopython
• SRA tools
• NCBI BLAST

You’ll be instructed on how to install the relevant tools in each Getting ready section. The code for this chapter can be found at https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Bioinformatics-with-Python-Cookbook-Fourth-Edition/tree/main/Ch08.

Remember to activate your conda environment before beginning the recipes, like this:

conda activate bioinformatics_base

Or, if you would like to set up a conda environment specific to this chapter, before activating bioinformatics_base, run the following:

conda create -n ch08-databases --clone bioinformatics_base
conda activate ch08-databases

You will be able to install the packages for the chapter as you go, or you can use the YAML file provided in the repository:

conda env update --file ch08-databases.yml