How To Install autodocksuite on Fedora 34

autodocksuite is AutoDock is a suite of docking tools to study protein-ligand interaction

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install autodocksuite on Fedora 34.

What is autodocksuite

AutoDock is a suite of automated docking tools. It is designed to predict \ how small molecules, such as substrates or drug candidates, bind to a \ receptor of known 3D structure. AutoDock 4 actually consists of two main \ programs describing the target protein; autogrid pre-calculates these grids. In \ addition to using them for docking, the atomic affinity grids can be \ visualized. This can help, for example, to guide organic synthetic chemists \ design better binders.

We can use yum or dnf to install autodocksuite on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install autodocksuite.

Install autodocksuite on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install autodocksuite using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install autodocksuite

Install autodocksuite on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install autodocksuite using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install autodocksuite

How To Uninstall autodocksuite on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove autodocksuite

autodocksuite Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/autodock4
/usr/bin/autogrid4
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/17
/usr/lib/.build-id/17/42733a60db9ea45e25cf30de4fc21d0a3ceaa2
/usr/lib/.build-id/35
/usr/lib/.build-id/35/dd26195e151e72feba3801299430403fc4c295
/usr/share/licenses/autodocksuite
/usr/share/licenses/autodocksuite/COPYING

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install autodocksuite on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.