How To Install r-bioc-shortread on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-bioc-shortread
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is r-bioc-shortread
r-bioc-shortread is:
This BioConductor module is a package for input, quality assessment, manipulation and output of high-throughput sequencing data. ShortRead is provided in the R and Bioconductor environments, allowing ready access to additional facilities for advanced statistical analysis, data transformation, visualization and integration with diverse genomic resources.
There are three methods to install r-bioc-shortread
on Ubuntu 20.04. 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-shortread 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-shortread
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install r-bioc-shortread
Install r-bioc-shortread Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install r-bioc-shortread
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install r-bioc-shortread
Install r-bioc-shortread 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-shortread
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install r-bioc-shortread
How To Uninstall r-bioc-shortread on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the r-bioc-shortread
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove r-bioc-shortread
Uninstall r-bioc-shortread And Its Dependencies
To uninstall r-bioc-shortread
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove r-bioc-shortread
Remove r-bioc-shortread Configurations and Data
To remove r-bioc-shortread
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge r-bioc-shortread
Remove r-bioc-shortread configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove r-bioc-shortread
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge r-bioc-shortread
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-bioc-shortread
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.