How To Install r-bioc-variantannotation on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-bioc-variantannotation on Ubuntu 18.04. r-bioc-variantannotation is BioConductor annotation of genetic variants

Introduction

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

What is r-bioc-variantannotation

r-bioc-variantannotation is:

This BioConductor package provides R functions to annotate variants, compute amino acid coding changess and to predict coding outcomes.

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

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

Install r-bioc-variantannotation Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install r-bioc-variantannotation

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

sudo aptitude -y install r-bioc-variantannotation

How To Uninstall r-bioc-variantannotation on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove r-bioc-variantannotation

Uninstall r-bioc-variantannotation And Its Dependencies

To uninstall r-bioc-variantannotation 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-variantannotation

Remove r-bioc-variantannotation Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

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Summary

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