Biopython vs Python

Question

[mspingdeng]

Hi, Please help -

If already have python 3 in laptop, is biopython still needed to download? I already downloaded python 3; when I checked on the www.bippython.org, there is also "download", are they the same or different?

• sorry if it is a naive question. Thank you in advance for your kind input.

[lakhujanivijay]

If you need to work with the biopython package, you need that. Think it this way, if you have windows OS, do you need microsoft office ? Answer is yes, if you need powerpoint!

[mspingdeng]

Please help:

after install biopython in pycham, the downloaded sequence file is not recognized by pycham. what can i do? Thank you.

[ResearchR]

Sorry, but without the link, we cannot see what is supposedly wrong. If the installation causes problems for you, did you consider creating a conda environment managing biopython for you (Conda Biopython)?

[mspingdeng]

Thank you for trying to help.

https://ibb.co/nwpZzX3

The above is the link.

I generated a new file, make sure the project interpreter has biopython 1.77, pip3.8. Download the fasta file; however, when try to open it, it says it is not exist. Want to know where step is missing?

Thank you. Best!

[cschu181]

Try giving the full path to the file (i.e. where was it downloaded to?). This is not a biopython/python issue, it is just that your script is looking at the wrong path.

Answer 1

[lumal29]

Hi, Biopython is a bioinformatics package for python, so you will need to install it with pip install biopython in a command line.

[mspingdeng]

Thank you so much, got it! appreciate very much!