How To Install rdkit-doc on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install rdkit-doc on Debian 9. rdkit-doc is Collection of cheminformatics and machine-learning software (documentation)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install rdkit-doc on Debian 9.

What is rdkit-doc

rdkit-doc is:

RDKit is a Python/C++ based cheminformatics and machine-learning software environment.

This package contains the documentation.

There are three methods to install rdkit-doc 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 rdkit-doc Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install rdkit-doc

Install rdkit-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install rdkit-doc

Install rdkit-doc 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 rdkit-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install rdkit-doc

How To Uninstall rdkit-doc on Debian 9

To uninstall only the rdkit-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove rdkit-doc

Uninstall rdkit-doc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove rdkit-doc

Remove rdkit-doc Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge rdkit-doc

Remove rdkit-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rdkit-doc

Dependencies

rdkit-doc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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