How To Install dssp-dbg on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install dssp-dbg on Debian 9. dssp-dbg is debugging symbols for dssp

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dssp-dbg on Debian 9.

What is dssp-dbg

dssp-dbg is:

DSSP is an application to assign the secondary structure of a protein based on its three dimensional (3D) structure.

This version (2) of DSSP is a rewrite that produces the same output as the original DSSP, but deals better with exceptions in PDB files and is much faster.

This package provides the detached debug symbols for dssp.

There are three methods to install dssp-dbg 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 dssp-dbg Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install dssp-dbg

Install dssp-dbg Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install dssp-dbg

Install dssp-dbg 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 dssp-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install dssp-dbg

How To Uninstall dssp-dbg on Debian 9

To uninstall only the dssp-dbg package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove dssp-dbg

Uninstall dssp-dbg And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove dssp-dbg

Remove dssp-dbg Configurations and Data

To remove dssp-dbg configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge dssp-dbg

Remove dssp-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dssp-dbg

Dependencies

dssp-dbg have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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