How To Install r-bioc-hilbertvis on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-bioc-hilbertvis on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is r-bioc-hilbertvis
r-bioc-hilbertvis is:
This tool allows one to display very long data vectors in a space-efficient manner, by organising it along a 2D Hilbert curve. The user can then visually judge the large scale structure and distribution of features simultaenously with the rough shape and intensity of individual features.
In bioinformatics, a typical use case is ChIP-Chip and ChIP-Seq, or basically all the kinds of genomic data, that are conventionally displayed as quantitative track (“wiggle data”) in genome browsers such as those provided by Ensembl or UCSC.
There are three methods to install r-bioc-hilbertvis 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-hilbertvis 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-hilbertvis using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install r-bioc-hilbertvis
Install r-bioc-hilbertvis Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install r-bioc-hilbertvis using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install r-bioc-hilbertvis
Install r-bioc-hilbertvis 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-hilbertvis using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install r-bioc-hilbertvis
How To Uninstall r-bioc-hilbertvis on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the r-bioc-hilbertvis package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove r-bioc-hilbertvis
Uninstall r-bioc-hilbertvis And Its Dependencies
To uninstall r-bioc-hilbertvis 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-hilbertvis
Remove r-bioc-hilbertvis Configurations and Data
To remove r-bioc-hilbertvis configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge r-bioc-hilbertvis
Remove r-bioc-hilbertvis configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove r-bioc-hilbertvis configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge r-bioc-hilbertvis
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-bioc-hilbertvis package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
