How To Install libpappsomspp-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpappsomspp-dev on Kali Linux. libpappsomspp-dev is C++ library to handle mass spectrometry data (development files)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpappsomspp-dev on Kali Linux.

What is libpappsomspp-dev

libpappsomspp-dev is:

libpappsomspp provides a simple API to perform a variety of tasks related to mass spectrometry. Although the library is proteomics oriented, it also features interesting functions to perform mass spectral data integrations. The main features are:

  • abstractions for peptides, ions, amino acid modifications…
  • integrations to mass spectra, drift spectra, XIC chromatograms…

This package ships the development files for the non-GUI library.

There are three methods to install libpappsomspp-dev on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libpappsomspp-dev Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libpappsomspp-dev

Install libpappsomspp-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libpappsomspp-dev

Install libpappsomspp-dev Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libpappsomspp-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libpappsomspp-dev

How To Uninstall libpappsomspp-dev on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libpappsomspp-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libpappsomspp-dev

Uninstall libpappsomspp-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libpappsomspp-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpappsomspp-dev

Remove libpappsomspp-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libpappsomspp-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libpappsomspp-dev

Remove libpappsomspp-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpappsomspp-dev

Dependencies

libpappsomspp-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpappsomspp-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.