How To Install minexpert2 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 minexpert2 on Ubuntu.

What is `minexpert2`

minexpert2 is:

mineXpert2 allows the user to perform the following tasks:

Open mass spectrometry data files (mzML, mzXML, asc, xy, …);
Display in a table view the full data set, for easy filtering;
Calculate and display the TIC chromatogram;
Calculate and display a mz=f(rt) color map;
For mobility data, calculate and display a mz=f(dt) color map;
Integrate the mass spectrometric data from any kind of data representation (mass | drift spectra, TIC | XIC chromatogram, 2D color maps) to any other kind of data representation;
For any mass data feature (mass peak, TIC | XIC peak, color map) integrate to a XIC single intensity value;
Powerful isotopic cluster calculation starting from a chemical formula, optionally with user-defined isotopic abundance ratios;
Gaussian fit over any isotopic cluster to estimate the average mass of a given ion;
Mouse-driven deconvolution of m/z data (charge envelope-based or isotopic cluster-based);
Export the data to text files;
Export the graphical representation of mass spectrometric data to graphics files in a number of formats (jpg, png, pdf).

This package ships the mineXpert2 program.

There are three methods to install minexpert2 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 minexpert2 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install minexpert2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install minexpert2

Install minexpert2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install minexpert2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install minexpert2

Install minexpert2 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 minexpert2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install minexpert2

How To Uninstall minexpert2 on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the minexpert2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove minexpert2

Uninstall minexpert2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall minexpert2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove minexpert2

Remove minexpert2 Configurations and Data

To remove minexpert2 configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge minexpert2

Remove minexpert2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove minexpert2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge minexpert2

Dependencies

minexpert2 have the following dependencies:

References

minexpert2 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install minexpert2 package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.