How To Install r-bioc-scran on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-bioc-scran on Kali Linux. r-bioc-scran is BioConductor methods for single-cell RNA-Seq data analysis

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-bioc-scran on Kali Linux.

What is r-bioc-scran

r-bioc-scran is:

Implements functions for low-level analyses of single-cell RNA-seq data. Methods are provided for normalization of cell-specific biases, assignment of cell cycle phase, detection of highly variable and significantly correlated genes, identification of marker genes, and other common tasks in routine single-cell analysis workflows.

There are three methods to install r-bioc-scran on Kali Linux. 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-scran 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-scran using apt-get by running the following command:

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

Install r-bioc-scran Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install r-bioc-scran

Install r-bioc-scran Using aptitude

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

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install r-bioc-scran

How To Uninstall r-bioc-scran on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove r-bioc-scran

Uninstall r-bioc-scran And Its Dependencies

To uninstall r-bioc-scran and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

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

Remove r-bioc-scran Configurations and Data

To remove r-bioc-scran configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

r-bioc-scran have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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