How To Install relion-bin+mpi on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install relion-bin+mpi on Debian 9. relion-bin+mpi is parallel toolkit for 3D reconstructions in cryo-electron microscopy

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install relion-bin+mpi on Debian 9.

What is relion-bin+mpi

relion-bin+mpi is:

RELION (for REgularised LIkelihood OptimisatioN) is a stand-alone computer program for Maximum A Posteriori refinement of (multiple) 3D reconstructions or 2D class averages in cryo-electron microscopy.

RELION provides a GUI, several command-line tools in parallel (MPI) and serial versions as well as a C++ API.

relion-bin+mpi provides the serial and parallel command-line tools based on OpenMPI.

There are three methods to install relion-bin+mpi 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 relion-bin+mpi Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install relion-bin+mpi using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install relion-bin+mpi

Install relion-bin+mpi Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install relion-bin+mpi using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install relion-bin+mpi

Install relion-bin+mpi 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 relion-bin+mpi using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install relion-bin+mpi

How To Uninstall relion-bin+mpi on Debian 9

To uninstall only the relion-bin+mpi package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove relion-bin+mpi

Uninstall relion-bin+mpi And Its Dependencies

To uninstall relion-bin+mpi and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove relion-bin+mpi

Remove relion-bin+mpi Configurations and Data

To remove relion-bin+mpi configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge relion-bin+mpi

Remove relion-bin+mpi configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove relion-bin+mpi configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge relion-bin+mpi

Dependencies

relion-bin+mpi have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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