How To Install dssp on CentOS 8

dssp is Protein secondary structure assignment

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dssp on CentOS 8.

What is dssp

The DSSP program standardizes protein secondary structure assignment. DSSP is a database of secondary structure assignments (and much more) for all protein entries in the Protein Data Bank (PDB). DSSP is also the program that calculates DSSP entries from PDB entries. DSSP does not predict secondary structure. References “A series of PDB related databases for everyday needs.”, Robbie P. Joosten, Tim A.H. te Beek, Elmar Krieger, Maarten L. Hekkelman, Rob W.W. Hooft, Reinhard Schneider, Chris Sander, and Gert Vriend. Nucleic Acids Research 2011 January; 39(Database issue) doi “Dictionary of protein secondary structure hydrogen-bonded and geometrical features.”, Kabsch W, Sander C, Biopolymers. 1983 22 2577-2637.

We can use yum or dnf to install dssp on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install dssp.

Install dssp on CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install dssp using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install dssp

Install dssp on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install dssp using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install dssp

How To Uninstall dssp on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the dssp package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove dssp

dssp Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/bin/mkdssp
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/cb
/usr/lib/.build-id/cb/aa2655c505d666c9a3458326fb62c04acd9b2a
/usr/share/doc/dssp
/usr/share/doc/dssp/README.txt
/usr/share/doc/dssp/changelog
/usr/share/licenses/dssp
/usr/share/licenses/dssp/LICENSE_1_0.txt
/usr/share/man/man1/mkdssp.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install dssp on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.