How To Install r-bioc-dropletutils on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-bioc-dropletutils on Kali Linux. r-bioc-dropletutils is BioConductor utilities for handling single-cell droplet data

Introduction

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

What is r-bioc-dropletutils

r-bioc-dropletutils is:

Provides a number of utility functions for handling single-cell (RNA-seq) data from droplet technologies such as 10X Genomics. This includes data loading from count matrices or molecule information files, identification of cells from empty droplets, removal of barcode-swapped pseudo-cells, and downsampling of the count matrix.

There are three methods to install r-bioc-dropletutils 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-dropletutils 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-dropletutils using apt-get by running the following command:

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

Install r-bioc-dropletutils Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install r-bioc-dropletutils

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

sudo aptitude -y install r-bioc-dropletutils

How To Uninstall r-bioc-dropletutils on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove r-bioc-dropletutils

Uninstall r-bioc-dropletutils And Its Dependencies

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

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

Remove r-bioc-dropletutils Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

r-bioc-dropletutils have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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