How To Install massxpert-doc on Debian 11

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

Introduction

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

What is massxpert-doc

massxpert-doc 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 user manual in both PDF and HTML formats.

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

sudo apt-get -y install massxpert-doc

Install massxpert-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install massxpert-doc

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

sudo aptitude -y install massxpert-doc

How To Uninstall massxpert-doc on Debian 11

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

sudo apt-get remove massxpert-doc

Uninstall massxpert-doc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove massxpert-doc

Remove massxpert-doc Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge massxpert-doc

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

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

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

Dependencies

massxpert-doc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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