How To Install r-bioc-biostrings on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-bioc-biostrings on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is r-bioc-biostrings
r-bioc-biostrings is:
Memory efficient string containers, string matching algorithms, and other utilities, for fast manipulation of large biological sequences or set of sequences.
There are three methods to install r-bioc-biostrings 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-biostrings 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-biostrings using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install r-bioc-biostrings
Install r-bioc-biostrings Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install r-bioc-biostrings using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install r-bioc-biostrings
Install r-bioc-biostrings 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-biostrings using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install r-bioc-biostrings
How To Uninstall r-bioc-biostrings on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the r-bioc-biostrings package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove r-bioc-biostrings
Uninstall r-bioc-biostrings And Its Dependencies
To uninstall r-bioc-biostrings 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-biostrings
Remove r-bioc-biostrings Configurations and Data
To remove r-bioc-biostrings configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge r-bioc-biostrings
Remove r-bioc-biostrings configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove r-bioc-biostrings configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge r-bioc-biostrings
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-bioc-biostrings package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
