How To Install r-bioc-biocinstaller on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-bioc-biocinstaller on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is r-bioc-biocinstaller
r-bioc-biocinstaller is:
This package is basically created to fulfill a dependency of the r-bioc-affy package. Usually all BioConductor packages should be rather installed as Debian packages than with this tool.
There are three methods to install r-bioc-biocinstaller on Ubuntu 18.04. 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-biocinstaller 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-biocinstaller using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install r-bioc-biocinstaller
Install r-bioc-biocinstaller Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install r-bioc-biocinstaller using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install r-bioc-biocinstaller
Install r-bioc-biocinstaller 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install r-bioc-biocinstaller using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install r-bioc-biocinstaller
How To Uninstall r-bioc-biocinstaller on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the r-bioc-biocinstaller package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove r-bioc-biocinstaller
Uninstall r-bioc-biocinstaller And Its Dependencies
To uninstall r-bioc-biocinstaller and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove r-bioc-biocinstaller
Remove r-bioc-biocinstaller Configurations and Data
To remove r-bioc-biocinstaller configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge r-bioc-biocinstaller
Remove r-bioc-biocinstaller configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove r-bioc-biocinstaller configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge r-bioc-biocinstaller
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-bioc-biocinstaller package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
