How To Install mmass-modules on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mmass-modules on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is mmass-modules
mmass-modules is:
mMass is a free mass spectrum viewer/analyzer in which the following proteomics-related tasks can be performed:
- Open raw text, mzXML and mzData mass spectra;
- Define peak lists;
- Powerful mass spectrum viewer (zoom, cursor…);
- Data recalibration;
- Protein-only simulations;
- Online Mascot searches.
The software can be easily extended by additional Python modules. This package contains the platform-dependent parts of the software.
There are three methods to install mmass-modules on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install mmass-modules Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mmass-modules using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mmass-modules
Install mmass-modules Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mmass-modules using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mmass-modules
Install mmass-modules 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 mmass-modules using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mmass-modules
How To Uninstall mmass-modules on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the mmass-modules package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mmass-modules
Uninstall mmass-modules And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mmass-modules and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mmass-modules
Remove mmass-modules Configurations and Data
To remove mmass-modules configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mmass-modules
Remove mmass-modules configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mmass-modules configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mmass-modules
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mmass-modules package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.