How To Install python3-simtk on Debian 12

Learn how to install python3-simtk on Debian 12 with this tutorial. python3-simtk is Python bindings for the OpenMM molecular simulation package

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-simtk on Debian 12.

What is python3-simtk

python3-simtk is:

OpenMM is a software toolkit for performing molecular simulations on a range of high performance computing architectures. This package provides the Python application layer for the package.

There are three methods to install python3-simtk 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 python3-simtk Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-simtk using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-simtk

Install python3-simtk Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-simtk using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python3-simtk

Install python3-simtk 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 python3-simtk using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python3-simtk

How To Uninstall python3-simtk on Debian 12

To uninstall only the python3-simtk package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python3-simtk

Uninstall python3-simtk And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-simtk and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-simtk

Remove python3-simtk Configurations and Data

To remove python3-simtk configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-simtk

Remove python3-simtk configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python3-simtk configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-simtk

Dependencies

python3-simtk have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-simtk package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.