How To Install xtpcpp 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 xtpcpp on Ubuntu.

What is `xtpcpp`

xtpcpp is:

The program allows one to perform the following tasks: -Reads X!Tandem xml results files -Reads MASCOT dat results files -Reads TPP pepXML results files -Reads PSI mzIdentML results files -Run X!Tandem analyzes through a graphical user interface -Implements various filters based on statistical values -Powerful original grouping algorithm to filter redundancy -Phosphopeptide mode to handle phosphoproteomics datasets -Edit, search and sort the data graphically -XIC chromatogram browser (eXtracted Ion Current) -Comparisons of theoretical isotope patterns to measured MS1 XIC areas -Export data directly to Microsoft Office 2010 and LibreOffice (ods export) -Handle huge datasets very quickly -Perform peptide quantification through MassChroQml export

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install xtpcpp

Install xtpcpp Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install xtpcpp

Install xtpcpp 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 xtpcpp using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install xtpcpp

How To Uninstall xtpcpp on Ubuntu

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

sudo apt-get remove xtpcpp

Uninstall xtpcpp And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove xtpcpp

Remove xtpcpp Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge xtpcpp

Remove xtpcpp configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xtpcpp

Dependencies

xtpcpp have the following dependencies:

References

xtpcpp website

Summary

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