How To Install r-bioc-biocgenerics on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-bioc-biocgenerics on Debian 9. r-bioc-biocgenerics is generic functions for Bioconductor

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-bioc-biocgenerics on Debian 9.

What is r-bioc-biocgenerics

r-bioc-biocgenerics is:

S4 generic functions needed by many other Bioconductor packages.

Bioconductor provides tools for the analysis and comprehension of high-throughput genomic data. Bioconductor uses the R statistical programming language, and is open source and open development.

There are three methods to install r-bioc-biocgenerics on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install r-bioc-biocgenerics Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install r-bioc-biocgenerics using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install r-bioc-biocgenerics

Install r-bioc-biocgenerics Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install r-bioc-biocgenerics using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install r-bioc-biocgenerics

Install r-bioc-biocgenerics Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install r-bioc-biocgenerics using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install r-bioc-biocgenerics

How To Uninstall r-bioc-biocgenerics on Debian 9

To uninstall only the r-bioc-biocgenerics package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove r-bioc-biocgenerics

Uninstall r-bioc-biocgenerics And Its Dependencies

To uninstall r-bioc-biocgenerics and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove r-bioc-biocgenerics

Remove r-bioc-biocgenerics Configurations and Data

To remove r-bioc-biocgenerics configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge r-bioc-biocgenerics

Remove r-bioc-biocgenerics configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove r-bioc-biocgenerics configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge r-bioc-biocgenerics

Dependencies

r-bioc-biocgenerics have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-bioc-biocgenerics package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.