How To Install saint on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install saint on Debian 9. saint is Significance Analysis of INTeractome

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install saint on Debian 9.

What is saint

saint is:

SAINT implements the scoring algorithm for protein-protein interaction data using label free quantitative proteomics data in AP-MS experiments. It was used for spectral count data in the yeast kinase interactome work not incorporating control purification, as well as a generalized implementation for spectral count data with and without control purification.

Alternatively, you can also run SAINT in combination with ProHits.

The package was written for either doing analysis without or with control IPs and

There are three methods to install saint on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install saint Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install saint

Install saint Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install saint using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install saint

Install saint 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 saint using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install saint

How To Uninstall saint on Debian 9

To uninstall only the saint package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove saint

Uninstall saint And Its Dependencies

To uninstall saint and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove saint

Remove saint Configurations and Data

To remove saint configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge saint

Remove saint configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge saint

Dependencies

saint have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install saint package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.