How To Install msxpertsuite-massxpert 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 msxpertsuite-massxpert on Ubuntu.

What is `msxpertsuite-massxpert`

msxpertsuite-massxpert is:

msXpertSuite provides programs to model linear (bio-) polymer chemistries, simulate mass spectral data, analyse and data-mine mass. It is the successor of GNU polyXmass, first, and then of massXpert.

This package ships the massXpert program.

There are three methods to install msxpertsuite-massxpert 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 msxpertsuite-massxpert Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install msxpertsuite-massxpert

Install msxpertsuite-massxpert Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install msxpertsuite-massxpert

Install msxpertsuite-massxpert 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 msxpertsuite-massxpert using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install msxpertsuite-massxpert

How To Uninstall msxpertsuite-massxpert on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the msxpertsuite-massxpert package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove msxpertsuite-massxpert

Uninstall msxpertsuite-massxpert And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove msxpertsuite-massxpert

Remove msxpertsuite-massxpert Configurations and Data

To remove msxpertsuite-massxpert configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge msxpertsuite-massxpert

Remove msxpertsuite-massxpert configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge msxpertsuite-massxpert

Dependencies

msxpertsuite-massxpert have the following dependencies:

References

msxpertsuite-massxpert website

Summary

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