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All You Need to Know about Publishing Software on Bioconda
Publishing Python packages related to bioinformatics on Bioconda
Have you had trouble installing packages and running a gazillion commands to install dependencies? If you are lucky (which most of the time you won’t be), you will end up installing the package without having any dependency issues or version conflicts. Working in interdisciplinary sciences has made me aware of how hard it is to get these tools to run unless you know what is actually happening from a programming view. You wish that these tools come bundled with all the dependencies and can be installed/run without having conflicts with what you already have installed.
Fear not — my dear readers! Package managers will come to the rescue! These are software tools, like conda and pip, that automate the process of installing, maintaining, and removing programs in a consistent manner. Having your package on such a repository can be helpful for your users to install it without much hassle. It also increases the visibility and reach of your package. In this article, I will walk you through how to publish your Python package related to bioinformatics on bioconda with example code snippets, templates and best practices.
