How To Install percolator on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install percolator on Rocky Linux 8. percolator is Software for postprocessing of shotgun proteomics data

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install percolator on Rocky Linux 8.

What is percolator

The first step in analyzing an mass spectrometry assay is to match the harvested spectra against a target database using database search engines such as Sequest and Mascot, a process that renders list of peptide-spectrum matches. However, it is not trivial to assess the accuracy of these identifications. Percolator uses a semi-supervised machine learning to discriminate correct from incorrect peptide-spectrum matches, and calculates accurate statistics such as q-value (FDR) and posterior error probabilities.

We can use yum or dnf to install percolator on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install percolator.

Install percolator on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install percolator using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install percolator

Install percolator on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install percolator using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install percolator

How To Uninstall percolator on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove percolator

percolator Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/elude
/usr/bin/msgf2pin
/usr/bin/percolator
/usr/bin/qvality
/usr/bin/sqt2pin
/usr/bin/tandem2pin
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/3d
/usr/lib/.build-id/3d/f5b3b0d656821958e1dfbcac84807593310f51
/usr/lib/.build-id/56
/usr/lib/.build-id/56/3e90b6c7229f381c59ba2ead8ee215ef497e0a
/usr/lib/.build-id/7c
/usr/lib/.build-id/7c/1e7b48f002bef526c83beadcac3d92914d3156
/usr/lib/.build-id/b9
/usr/lib/.build-id/b9/11ee11f4177deda6f4ab327727ddd7595dea6e
/usr/lib/.build-id/f1
/usr/lib/.build-id/f1/78932af23ea4593b57469ddc145276669f3561
/usr/lib/.build-id/f3
/usr/lib/.build-id/f3/f7c5782af2e9b1429469d53a61e6177a61d2b7

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install percolator on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.