How To Install mmass on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mmass
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is mmass
mmass 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-independent parts of the software.
There are three methods to install mmass
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 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
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mmass
Install mmass Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mmass
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mmass
Install mmass 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
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mmass
How To Uninstall mmass on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the mmass
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mmass
Uninstall mmass And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mmass
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mmass
Remove mmass Configurations and Data
To remove mmass
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mmass
Remove mmass configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mmass
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mmass
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mmass
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.