How To Install libmstoolkit82 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmstoolkit82
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libmstoolkit82
libmstoolkit82 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 these libraries:
- libmstoolkit;
- libmstoolkitlite;
There are three methods to install libmstoolkit82
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libmstoolkit82 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libmstoolkit82
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmstoolkit82
Install libmstoolkit82 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmstoolkit82
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmstoolkit82
Install libmstoolkit82 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libmstoolkit82
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmstoolkit82
How To Uninstall libmstoolkit82 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libmstoolkit82
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmstoolkit82
Uninstall libmstoolkit82 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmstoolkit82
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmstoolkit82
Remove libmstoolkit82 Configurations and Data
To remove libmstoolkit82
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmstoolkit82
Remove libmstoolkit82 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmstoolkit82
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmstoolkit82
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmstoolkit82
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.