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pyGATB is a Python3 wrapper for the GATB-Core library.

The current release of pyGATB gives access to the following GATB-Core components:

• Bank: the class that enables to load a Fasta or a Fastaq file
• Graph: the class that holds the De Bruijn graph
• Node: the class that makes graph's nodes

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Requirements and installation

Actually, pyGATB requirements depend upon the way you use the wrapper:

• You can execute pyGATB Python scripts using a Docker container
• You could also install pyGATB pre-compiled Python3 library
• Finally, you may want to compile pyGATB code on your system

Each solution has its pros and cons. Let's have a review of that.

Use pyGATB with Docker

Using the Docker option is quite easy.

• Pros:
  • it only requires you have Docker installed on your system
    you do not even need to have Python3 installed.
• Cons:
  • Docker has to be installed
  • you have limited access to the full power of your computer (e.g. cores usage)

It is a perfect solution if you just want to make a try of pyGATB.

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Use pyGATB Python3 package

If you want to get a bit further in taking advantage of your computer resources, you can install a pre-compiled pyGATB package.

• Pros: pyGATB is simply installed using Python3 standard installation package
• Cons:
  • Python3 has to be installed
  • pyGATB package requires recent libc++

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Use pyGATB from its source code

Finally, the most extended way of using pyGATB relies on making an installation from the source code.

• Pros: benefit from a precise use of the full architecture of YOUR computer.
• Cons: you have to install the pyGATB compiling stack

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GATB-Core to Python: How does it work?

You can read this article to understand how Cython is used to provide native GATB-Core c++ APIs to the Python programming language.