How To Install r-bioc-ihw on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-bioc-ihw on Ubuntu 20.04. r-bioc-ihw is GNU R independent hypothesis weighting

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-bioc-ihw on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is r-bioc-ihw

r-bioc-ihw is:

Independent hypothesis weighting (IHW) is a multiple testing procedure that increases power compared to the method of Benjamini and Hochberg by assigning data-driven weights to each hypothesis. The input to IHW is a two-column table of p-values and covariates. The covariate can be any continuous-valued or categorical variable that is thought to be informative on the statistical properties of each hypothesis test, while it is independent of the p-value under the null hypothesis.

There are three methods to install r-bioc-ihw on Ubuntu 20.04. 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-ihw 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-ihw using apt-get by running the following command:

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

Install r-bioc-ihw Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install r-bioc-ihw

Install r-bioc-ihw 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-ihw using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install r-bioc-ihw

How To Uninstall r-bioc-ihw on Ubuntu 20.04

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

sudo apt-get remove r-bioc-ihw

Uninstall r-bioc-ihw And Its Dependencies

To uninstall r-bioc-ihw and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

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

Remove r-bioc-ihw Configurations and Data

To remove r-bioc-ihw configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

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

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

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

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

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-bioc-ihw package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.