.. _`pysam`:

pysam
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Pysam is a python module for reading and manipulating Samfiles. It's a lightweight wrapper of the samtools C-API. Pysam also includes an interface for tabix.

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Home     https://github.com/pysam-developers/pysam
Versions 0.8.4
License  MIT
Recipe   https://github.com/bioconda/bioconda-recipes/tree/master/recipes/pysam
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Installation
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.. highlight: bash

With an activated Bioconda channel (see :ref:`setup`), install with::

   conda install pysam

and update with::

   conda update pysam