[Bio-linux-list] Update error Red icon

[Tony Travis]

On 23/11/17 16:40, Tauqeer Alam wrote:
> Hi Tony
> It is not working.
> 
> :~$ sudo add-apt-repository --remove ppa:jonathonf/python-3.6
> 
> sudo: unable to execute /usr/bin/add-apt-repository: No such file or
> directory

Hi, Tauqeer.

Looks like your system has deeper problems :-(

I use Python 3.6 under Bio-Linux with "Bioconda":

> https://bioconda.github.io/

I wrote a wrapper that runs Python 3.6 under "Bioconda" in a chroot to
avoid precisely the type of Ubuntu 14.04 system conflicts that you have
encountered:

> rwt017 at wildcat:~$ cat /usr/local/bin/bioconda3
> #!/bin/bash
> #@(#)bioconda3.sh  2017-08-08  A.J.Travis
> #
> # Wrapper for Bioconda Python environment
> #
> 
> # check if already in Bioconda environment
> export BIOCONDA_HOME=/usr/local/miniconda3
> if [[ "$PATH" != *$BIOCONDA_HOME* ]]; then
> 
> 	# added by Miniconda3 4.3.11 installer
> 	export PATH="$BIOCONDA_HOME/bin:$PATH"
> 	debian_chroot=bioconda3 exec /bin/bash
> fi
> rwt017 at wildcat:~$ bioconda3
> (bioconda3)rwt017 at wildcat:~$ python -V
> Python 3.6.0 :: Continuum Analytics, Inc.

Contact me directly via Skype if you want help to fix your problems:

  Skype name "ajtravis"

HTH,

  Tony.

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