AGEpy

This python package contains Bioinformatics tools developed at the Bioinformatics Core Facility of the Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing.

Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing
Joseph-Stelzmann-Str. 9b
D-50931 Cologne
Germany

https://bioinformatics.age.mpg.de

Read the Docs

agepy.readthedocs.io

Installation

pip

Latest pip release:

pip install AGEpy --user

github

Get the latest development version from github:

git clone https://github.com/mpg-age-bioinformatics/AGEpy

Install:

cd AGEpy
python setup.py install --user

and then update to the latest release whenever required with:

cd AGEpy
git pull
python setup.py install --user --force

Alternatively you can also install the package with a symlink, so that changes to the source files will be immediately available to users of the package on your system:

cd AGEpy
python setup.py develop --user

Be aware that with the develop option you won't be able to properly update once new scripts are added.

Example usage

import AGEpy as age

gtf=age.readGTF("/path/to/file.gtf")

gtf.head()

Help

In bash:

pydoc AGEpy.AGEpy

In python:

help("AGEpy.AGEpy")