How To Install libmsnumpress-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmsnumpress-dev on Kali Linux. libmsnumpress-dev is Numeric data compression for mass spectrometry (devel files)

Introduction

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

What is libmsnumpress-dev

libmsnumpress-dev is:

Implementations of two compression schemes for numeric data from mass spectrometers.

The library provides implementations of 3 different algorithms, 1 designed to compress first order smooth data like retention time or M/Z arrays, and 2 for compressing non smooth data with lower requirements on precision like ion count arrays.

This package ships the library development and documentation files.

There are three methods to install libmsnumpress-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 libmsnumpress-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 libmsnumpress-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libmsnumpress-dev

Install libmsnumpress-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libmsnumpress-dev

Install libmsnumpress-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 libmsnumpress-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libmsnumpress-dev

How To Uninstall libmsnumpress-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libmsnumpress-dev

Uninstall libmsnumpress-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmsnumpress-dev

Remove libmsnumpress-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libmsnumpress-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libmsnumpress-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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