How To Install libopenbabel5 on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libopenbabel5
on Debian 10.
What is libopenbabel5
libopenbabel5 is:
Open Babel is a chemical toolbox designed to speak the many languages of chemical data. It allows one to search, convert, analyze, or store data from molecular modeling, chemistry, solid-state materials, biochemistry, or related areas. Features include:
- Hydrogen addition and deletion
- Support for Molecular Mechanics
- Support for SMARTS molecular matching syntax
- Automatic feature perception (rings, bonds, hybridization, aromaticity)
- Flexible atom typer and perception of multiple bonds from atomic coordinates
- Gasteiger-Marsili partial charge calculation
File formats Open Babel supports include PDB, XYZ, CIF, CML, SMILES, MDL Molfile, ChemDraw, Gaussian, GAMESS, MOPAC and MPQC.
This package contains the shared library.
There are three methods to install libopenbabel5
on Debian 10. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libopenbabel5 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libopenbabel5
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libopenbabel5
Install libopenbabel5 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libopenbabel5
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libopenbabel5
Install libopenbabel5 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 libopenbabel5
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libopenbabel5
How To Uninstall libopenbabel5 on Debian 10
To uninstall only the libopenbabel5
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libopenbabel5
Uninstall libopenbabel5 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libopenbabel5
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libopenbabel5
Remove libopenbabel5 Configurations and Data
To remove libopenbabel5
configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libopenbabel5
Remove libopenbabel5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libopenbabel5
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libopenbabel5
Dependencies
libopenbabel5 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libopenbabel5
package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.