How To Install r-bioc-limma on Debian 10

Learn how to install r-bioc-limma on Debian 10 with this tutorial. r-bioc-limma is linear models for microarray data

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-bioc-limma on Debian 10.

What is r-bioc-limma

r-bioc-limma is:

A Bioconductor package for the analysis of gene expression microarray data, especially the use of linear models for analysing designed experiments and the assessment of differential expression. The package includes pre-processing capabilities for two-colour spotted arrays. The differential expression methods apply to all array platforms and treat Affymetrix, single channel and two channel experiments in a unified way.

There are three methods to install r-bioc-limma on Debian 10. 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-limma 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-limma using apt-get by running the following command:

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

Install r-bioc-limma Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install r-bioc-limma

Install r-bioc-limma 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install r-bioc-limma

How To Uninstall r-bioc-limma on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove r-bioc-limma

Uninstall r-bioc-limma And Its Dependencies

To uninstall r-bioc-limma and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

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

Remove r-bioc-limma Configurations and Data

To remove r-bioc-limma configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

r-bioc-limma have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-bioc-limma package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.