How To Install illustrate on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install illustrate on Debian 12.
What is illustrate
illustrate is:
This package provides a binary to transform PDF-formatted proteins into simplified but instructive graphics. The software has been used for the Protein-of-the-month’s biomolecular illustrations for the past 20 years.
There are three methods to install illustrate on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install illustrate Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install illustrate using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install illustrate
Install illustrate Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install illustrate using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install illustrate
Install illustrate 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 illustrate using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install illustrate
How To Uninstall illustrate on Debian 12
To uninstall only the illustrate package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove illustrate
Uninstall illustrate And Its Dependencies
To uninstall illustrate and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove illustrate
Remove illustrate Configurations and Data
To remove illustrate configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge illustrate
Remove illustrate configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove illustrate configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge illustrate
Dependencies
illustrate have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install illustrate package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
