How To Install r-bioc-genomeinfodb on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-bioc-genomeinfodb on Ubuntu 18.04. r-bioc-genomeinfodb is BioConductor utilities for manipulating chromosome identifiers

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-bioc-genomeinfodb on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is r-bioc-genomeinfodb

r-bioc-genomeinfodb is:

This package contains BioConductor utilities for manipulating chromosome and other ‘seqname’ identifiers.

The Seqnames package contains data and functions that define and allow translation between different chromosome sequence naming conventions (e.g., “chr1” versus “1”), including a function that attempts to place sequence names in their natural, rather than lexicographic, order.

There are three methods to install r-bioc-genomeinfodb on Ubuntu 18.04. 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-genomeinfodb 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-genomeinfodb using apt-get by running the following command:

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

Install r-bioc-genomeinfodb Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install r-bioc-genomeinfodb

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

sudo aptitude -y install r-bioc-genomeinfodb

How To Uninstall r-bioc-genomeinfodb on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove r-bioc-genomeinfodb

Uninstall r-bioc-genomeinfodb And Its Dependencies

To uninstall r-bioc-genomeinfodb and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

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

Remove r-bioc-genomeinfodb Configurations and Data

To remove r-bioc-genomeinfodb configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

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

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

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

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

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-bioc-genomeinfodb package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.