How To Install mmass on Debian 10

Learn how to install mmass on Debian 10 with this tutorial. mmass is Mass spectrometry tool for proteomics

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mmass on Debian 10.

What is mmass

mmass is:

mMass is a free mass spectrum viewer/analyzer in which the following proteomics-related tasks can be performed:

  • Open raw text, mzXML and mzData mass spectra;
  • Define peak lists;
  • Powerful mass spectrum viewer (zoom, cursor…);
  • Data recalibration;
  • Protein-only simulations;
  • Online Mascot searches.

The software can be easily extended by additional Python modules. This package contains the platform-independent parts of the software.

There are three methods to install mmass on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install mmass Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install mmass

Install mmass Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install mmass

Install mmass 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install mmass

How To Uninstall mmass on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove mmass

Uninstall mmass And Its Dependencies

To uninstall mmass and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mmass

Remove mmass Configurations and Data

To remove mmass configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge mmass

Remove mmass configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mmass

Dependencies

mmass have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mmass package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.