# qpgraph: Estimate gene and eQTL networks from high-throughput expression and genotyping assays
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## Installation
This is the __development__ version of the R/Bioconductor package qpgraph. This version is unstable and should be used only to test new features. If you are looking for the __release__ version of this package please go to its package release landing page at [https://bioconductor.org/packages/qpgraph](https://bioconductor.org/packages/qpgraph) and follow the instructions there to install it.
If you were really looking for this development version, then to install it you need first to install the [development version of Bioconductor](https://bioconductor.org/developers/how-to/useDevel) and then type the following line from the R shell:
```r
BiocManager::install("qpgraph", version = "devel")
```
Alternatively, you can install it from GitHub using the [remotes](https://github.com/r-lib/remotes "remotes") package.
```r
install.packages("remotes")
library(remotes)
install_github("rcastelo/qpgraph")
```
## Questions, bug reports and issues
For questions and bug reports regarding the __release__ version of **qpgraph**
please use the [Bioconductor support site](https://support.bioconductor.org "Bioconductor support site").
For bug reports and issues regarding this __development__ version of **qpgraph**
please use the GitHub issues [tab](https://github.com/rcastelo/qpgraph/issues) at the top-left of this page.
## Contributing
Contributions to the software codebase of qpgraph are welcome as long as contributors abide to the
terms of the [Bioconductor Contributor Code of Conduct](https://bioconductor.org/about/code-of-conduct).
If you want to contribute to the development of qpgraph please open an
[issue](https://github.com/rcastelo/qpgraph/issues) to start discussing your suggestion or, in case of a
bugfix or a straightforward feature, directly a
[pull request](https://github.com/rcastelo/qpgraph/pulls).