How To Install python-ball on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-ball on Debian 9. python-ball is Python bindings for the Biochemical Algorithms Library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-ball on Debian 9.

What is python-ball

python-ball is:

BALL (Biochemical Algorithms Library) is an application framework in C++ that has been specifically designed for rapid software development in Molecular Modeling and Computational Molecular Biology. This package provides scripting access to the VIEW-independent functionality of the Biochemical Algorithms Library (BALL).

There are three methods to install python-ball 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 python-ball Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-ball

Install python-ball Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-ball

Install python-ball 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 python-ball using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-ball

How To Uninstall python-ball on Debian 9

To uninstall only the python-ball package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python-ball

Uninstall python-ball And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-ball

Remove python-ball Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-ball

Remove python-ball configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-ball

Dependencies

python-ball have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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