How To Install r-bioc-qvalue on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-bioc-qvalue on Ubuntu 18.04. r-bioc-qvalue is GNU R package for Q-value estimation for FDR control

Introduction

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

What is r-bioc-qvalue

r-bioc-qvalue is:

This package takes a list of p-values resulting from the simultaneous testing of many hypotheses and estimates their q-values. The q-value of a test measures the proportion of false positives incurred (called the false discovery rate) when that particular test is called significant. Various plots are automatically generated, allowing one to make sensible significance cut-offs. Several mathematical results have recently been shown on the conservative accuracy of the estimated q-values from this software. The software can be applied to problems in genomics, brain imaging, astrophysics, and data mining.

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

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

Install r-bioc-qvalue Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install r-bioc-qvalue

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

sudo aptitude -y install r-bioc-qvalue

How To Uninstall r-bioc-qvalue on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove r-bioc-qvalue

Uninstall r-bioc-qvalue And Its Dependencies

To uninstall r-bioc-qvalue 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-qvalue

Remove r-bioc-qvalue Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

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Summary

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