How To Install saint 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 saint on Ubuntu.
What is saint
saint is:
SAINT implements the scoring algorithm for protein-protein interaction data using label free quantitative proteomics data in AP-MS experiments. It was used for spectral count data in the yeast kinase interactome work not incorporating control purification, as well as a generalized implementation for spectral count data with and without control purification.
Alternatively, you can also run SAINT in combination with ProHits.
The package was written for either doing analysis without or with control IPs and
There are three methods to install saint 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 saint Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install saint using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install saint
Install saint Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install saint using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install saint
Install saint 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 saint using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install saint
How To Uninstall saint on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the saint package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove saint
Uninstall saint And Its Dependencies
To uninstall saint and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove saint
Remove saint Configurations and Data
To remove saint configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge saint
Remove saint configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove saint configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge saint
Dependencies
saint have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install saint package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.