How To Install massxpert-data on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install massxpert-data on Debian 11. massxpert-data is polymer chemistry modelling and mass spectrometry data simulation (data)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install massxpert-data on Debian 11.

What is massxpert-data

massxpert-data is:

massXpert allows the user to perform the following tasks:

  • Make brand new polymer chemistry definitions;
  • Use the definitions to easily perform calculations in a desktop calculator-like manner;
  • Perform sophisticated polymer sequence editing and simulations;
  • Perform m/z list comparisons;

Chemical simulations encompass cleavage (either chemical or enzymatic), gas-phase fragmentations, chemical modification of any monomer in the polymer sequence, cross-linking of monomers in the sequence, arbitrary mass searches…

This package ships the polymer chemistry data.

There are three methods to install massxpert-data 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 massxpert-data Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install massxpert-data

Install massxpert-data Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install massxpert-data

Install massxpert-data 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 massxpert-data using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install massxpert-data

How To Uninstall massxpert-data on Debian 11

To uninstall only the massxpert-data package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove massxpert-data

Uninstall massxpert-data And Its Dependencies

To uninstall massxpert-data and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove massxpert-data

Remove massxpert-data Configurations and Data

To remove massxpert-data configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge massxpert-data

Remove massxpert-data configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge massxpert-data

Dependencies

massxpert-data have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install massxpert-data package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.