How To Install libmstoolkit-tools on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmstoolkit-tools
on Debian 11.
What is libmstoolkit-tools
libmstoolkit-tools is:
The MSToolkit is a light-weight C++ library for reading, writing, and manipulating mass spectrometry data. The MSToolkit is easily linked to virtually any C++ algorithm for simple, fast file reading and analysis.
Supported File Formats:
- read-only mzML including internal compression (zlib and numpress) and external compression (.mzML.gz) read-only;
- read-only mzXML including internal compression (zlib) and external compression (.mzXML.gz)
- read/write mgf, ms1, ms2, bms1, bms2, cms1, cms2
Simple Interface:
- Open any file format from a single function call;
- Store any spectrum in a simple, comprehensive data structure;
- Sequential or random-access file reading.
This package ships a MS/MS spectrum loader tool.
There are three methods to install libmstoolkit-tools
on Debian 11. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libmstoolkit-tools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libmstoolkit-tools
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmstoolkit-tools
Install libmstoolkit-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmstoolkit-tools
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmstoolkit-tools
Install libmstoolkit-tools 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 libmstoolkit-tools
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmstoolkit-tools
How To Uninstall libmstoolkit-tools on Debian 11
To uninstall only the libmstoolkit-tools
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmstoolkit-tools
Uninstall libmstoolkit-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmstoolkit-tools
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmstoolkit-tools
Remove libmstoolkit-tools Configurations and Data
To remove libmstoolkit-tools
configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmstoolkit-tools
Remove libmstoolkit-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmstoolkit-tools
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmstoolkit-tools
Dependencies
libmstoolkit-tools have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmstoolkit-tools
package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.