How To Install libpwiz3 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpwiz3
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libpwiz3
libpwiz3 is:
The libpwiz library from the ProteoWizard project provides a modular and extensible set of open-source, cross-platform tools and libraries. The tools perform proteomics data analyses; the libraries enable rapid tool creation by providing a robust, pluggable development framework that simplifies and unifies data file access, and performs standard chemistry and LCMS dataset computations.
The primary goal of ProteoWizard is to eliminate the existing barriers to proteomic software development so that researchers can focus on the development of new analytic approaches, rather than having to dedicate significant resources to mundane (if important) tasks, like reading data files.
There are three methods to install libpwiz3
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 libpwiz3 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libpwiz3
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libpwiz3
Install libpwiz3 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libpwiz3
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libpwiz3
Install libpwiz3 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 libpwiz3
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libpwiz3
How To Uninstall libpwiz3 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libpwiz3
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libpwiz3
Uninstall libpwiz3 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libpwiz3
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpwiz3
Remove libpwiz3 Configurations and Data
To remove libpwiz3
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libpwiz3
Remove libpwiz3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libpwiz3
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpwiz3
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpwiz3
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.