How To Install r-bioc-genomicfeatures on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-bioc-genomicfeatures on Kali Linux. r-bioc-genomicfeatures is GNU R tools for making and manipulating transcript centric annotations

Introduction

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

What is r-bioc-genomicfeatures

r-bioc-genomicfeatures is:

A set of tools and methods for making and manipulating transcript centric annotations. With these tools the user can easily download the genomic locations of the transcripts, exons and cds of a given organism, from either the UCSC Genome Browser or a BioMart database (more sources will be supported in the future). This information is then stored in a local database that keeps track of the relationship between transcripts, exons, cds and genes. Flexible methods are provided for extracting the desired features in a convenient format.

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

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

Install r-bioc-genomicfeatures Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install r-bioc-genomicfeatures

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

sudo aptitude -y install r-bioc-genomicfeatures

How To Uninstall r-bioc-genomicfeatures on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove r-bioc-genomicfeatures

Uninstall r-bioc-genomicfeatures And Its Dependencies

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

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

Remove r-bioc-genomicfeatures Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

r-bioc-genomicfeatures have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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