How To Install r-bioc-ioniser on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-bioc-ioniser on Ubuntu 22.04. r-bioc-ioniser is Quality Assessment Tools for Oxford Nanopore MinION data

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-bioc-ioniser on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is r-bioc-ioniser

r-bioc-ioniser is:

IONiseR provides tools for the quality assessment of Oxford Nanopore MinION data. It extracts summary statistics from a set of fast5 files and can be used either before or after base calling. In addition to standard summaries of the read-types produced, it provides a number of plots for visualising metrics relative to experiment run time or spatially over the surface of a flowcell.

There are three methods to install r-bioc-ioniser on Ubuntu 22.04. 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-ioniser 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-ioniser using apt-get by running the following command:

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

Install r-bioc-ioniser Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install r-bioc-ioniser

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

sudo aptitude -y install r-bioc-ioniser

How To Uninstall r-bioc-ioniser on Ubuntu 22.04

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

sudo apt-get remove r-bioc-ioniser

Uninstall r-bioc-ioniser And Its Dependencies

To uninstall r-bioc-ioniser and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

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

Remove r-bioc-ioniser Configurations and Data

To remove r-bioc-ioniser configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

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

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

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

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

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-bioc-ioniser package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.