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BiocManager to install packages

BSgenome is a Bioconductor data package that contains representations of several genomes. This package has already been installed for you, as installing the dependencies usually takes some time, using the following code:

# Install BSgenome
BiocManager::install("BSgenome")

This exercise is part of the course

Introduction to Bioconductor in R

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Exercise instructions

  • Use library() to load the package BSgenome. Note that BSgenome has already been installed for you.
  • Read the output messages and view the required packages.
  • Check the versions of all the packages loaded in the session.

Hands-on interactive exercise

Have a go at this exercise by completing this sample code.

# Load the BSgenome package
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# Check the versions of the packages loaded in the session
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