How To Install python-fmcs on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-fmcs on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-fmcs is Find Maximum Common Substructure

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-fmcs on Debian 10.

What is python-fmcs

python-fmcs is:

Fcms finds the maximum common substructure (MCS) of a group (or cluster) of chemical structures and report the result as a SMARTS string.

More specifically, the MCS found is a common edge subgraph, and not a common induced subgraph. Only connected MCSes are found.

There are three methods to install python-fmcs 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 python-fmcs 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-fmcs using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python-fmcs

Install python-fmcs Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-fmcs

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-fmcs

How To Uninstall python-fmcs on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove python-fmcs

Uninstall python-fmcs And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-fmcs and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-fmcs

Remove python-fmcs Configurations and Data

To remove python-fmcs configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-fmcs

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-fmcs have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-fmcs package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.