How To Install libmstoolkit-tools 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 libmstoolkit-tools on Ubuntu.
What is libmstoolkit-tools
libmstoolkit-tools is:
The MSToolkit is a light-weight C++ library for reading, writing, and manipulating mass spectrometry data. The MSToolkit is easily linked to virtually any C++ algorithm for simple, fast file reading and analysis.
Supported File Formats:
- read-only mzML including internal compression (zlib and numpress) and external compression (.mzML.gz) read-only;
- read-only mzXML including internal compression (zlib) and external compression (.mzXML.gz)
- read/write mgf, ms1, ms2, bms1, bms2, cms1, cms2
Simple Interface:
- Open any file format from a single function call;
- Store any spectrum in a simple, comprehensive data structure;
- Sequential or random-access file reading.
This package ships a MS/MS spectrum loader tool.
There are three methods to install libmstoolkit-tools 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 libmstoolkit-tools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libmstoolkit-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmstoolkit-tools
Install libmstoolkit-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmstoolkit-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmstoolkit-tools
Install libmstoolkit-tools 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 libmstoolkit-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmstoolkit-tools
How To Uninstall libmstoolkit-tools on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the libmstoolkit-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmstoolkit-tools
Uninstall libmstoolkit-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmstoolkit-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmstoolkit-tools
Remove libmstoolkit-tools Configurations and Data
To remove libmstoolkit-tools configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmstoolkit-tools
Remove libmstoolkit-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmstoolkit-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmstoolkit-tools
Dependencies
libmstoolkit-tools have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmstoolkit-tools package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.