A Python virtual environment is recommended for installation of modules. The Python version should be 3.9 or higher. After changing directory (cd) into the subfolder where you want the Python virtual environment, write the following command:

virtualenv -p /apps/x86_64/python/3.9.1/bin/python ./

The specific path for virtualenv may differ according to where your python binary is installed on your system. Next, install the three prerequisite Python modules: Biopython, Matplotlib, and pandas:

bin/pip install biopython
bin/pip install matplotlib
bin/pip install pandas

Then, install NGS_Plot_Widgets by git clone:

git clone https://github.com/darlenewagner/NGS_Plot_Widgets.git

Finally, test fullPlotShuffledFastq.py using the included test fastq.gz:

bin/python NGS_Plot_Widgets/fullPlotShuffledFastq.py NGS_Plot_Widgets/EnterovirusD70_SRR13402413_Pairs.fastq.gz

fullPlotShuffledFastq.py computes sequence lengths and average PHRED for shuffled paired reads in fastq.
It expects a single fastq(.gz) input and outputs a Readstatistics.README.txt, a Readstatistics.json, and a .png image showing PHRED quality histograms for forward (R1) and reverse (R2) reads, all in a folder named after the input filename.fastq(.gz). Number and location of output files can be varied by --outputType. --outputType F for full output,... J for .json only, and N for no image.

python fullPlotShuffledFastq.py filepath/filename.fastq(.gz) --outputType [F/J/N]

plotBedCoverage.py creates a line plot .png image from a 3-column .bedGraph file created by bedtools genomecov.
Plotting window can be varied by entering an integer after the optional '--window' parameter.

vennDiagramPlotColumn.py creates a 2-set Venn diagram from two input files containing unique SNPs positions. The script relies upon matplotlib-venn, which is separate from matplotlib. In the usage example below, --outputType P determines that a matplotlib_venn plot will be created as output, --title "my title" is a user-supplied string for annotating both the plot and its filename, while --plotScale [W/U] give either a weighted or unweighted Venn diagram, respectively.

bin/python vennDiagramPlotColumn.py SC2_MiSeq_SNPs.tsv SC2_iSeq_SNPs.tsv --outputType P --title "Coronavirus Venn" --plotScale U

The files, SC2_MiSeq_SNPs.tsv and SC2_iSeq_SNPs.tsv are based upon output from the following command line processing of .vcf files:

bcftools query -f '%CHROM\t%POS\t%REF\t%ALT\t%QUAL\t%INFO/AO\t%INFO/DP\n' sample_1.vcf.gz | perl -ne '@F=split(/\s+/, $_); printf "%\s\t%\d\t%\s\t%\s\t%\d\t%\d\t%0.4f\n", $F[0], $F[1], $F[2], $F[3], $F[4], $F[6], $F[5]/$F[6]' >> input1.table.tsv