How To Install massxpert on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install massxpert on Kali Linux. massxpert is polymer chemistry modelling and mass spectrometry data simulation (runtime)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install massxpert on Kali Linux.

What is massxpert

massxpert 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 massXpert program.

There are three methods to install massxpert on Kali Linux. 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 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 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install massxpert

Install massxpert Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install massxpert

Install massxpert Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install massxpert

How To Uninstall massxpert on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove massxpert

Uninstall massxpert And Its Dependencies

To uninstall massxpert and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove massxpert

Remove massxpert Configurations and Data

To remove massxpert configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge massxpert

Remove massxpert configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge massxpert

Dependencies

massxpert have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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