How To Install r-bioc-edger on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-bioc-edger on Kali Linux. r-bioc-edger is Empirical analysis of digital gene expression data in R

Introduction

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

What is r-bioc-edger

r-bioc-edger is:

Bioconductor package for differential expression analysis of whole transcriptome sequencing (RNA-seq) and digital gene expression profiles with biological replication. It uses empirical Bayes estimation and exact tests based on the negative binomial distribution. It is also useful for differential signal analysis with other types of genome-scale count data.

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

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

Install r-bioc-edger Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install r-bioc-edger

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

sudo aptitude -y install r-bioc-edger

How To Uninstall r-bioc-edger on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove r-bioc-edger

Uninstall r-bioc-edger And Its Dependencies

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

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

Remove r-bioc-edger Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

r-bioc-edger have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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