How To Install r-bioc-limma on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-bioc-limma on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 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-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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-bioc-limma package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
