How To Install r-bioc-experimenthub on Ubuntu

Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )

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Introduction

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

What is `r-bioc-experimenthub`

r-bioc-experimenthub is:

This package provides a client for the Bioconductor ExperimentHub web resource. ExperimentHub provides a central location where curated data from experiments, publications or training courses can be accessed. Each resource has associated metadata, tags and date of modification. The client creates and manages a local cache of files retrieved enabling quick and reproducible access.

There are three methods to install r-bioc-experimenthub on Ubuntu. 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-experimenthub 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-experimenthub using apt-get by running the following command:

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

Install r-bioc-experimenthub Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install r-bioc-experimenthub

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

sudo aptitude -y install r-bioc-experimenthub

How To Uninstall r-bioc-experimenthub on Ubuntu

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

sudo apt-get remove r-bioc-experimenthub

Uninstall r-bioc-experimenthub And Its Dependencies

To uninstall r-bioc-experimenthub and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove r-bioc-experimenthub

Remove r-bioc-experimenthub Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

r-bioc-experimenthub have the following dependencies:

References

r-bioc-experimenthub website

Summary

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