How To Install xmakemol on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xmakemol on CentOS 8.
What is xmakemol
XMakemol is a mouse-based program, written using the LessTif widget set, for viewing and manipulating atomic and other chemical systems. It reads XYZ input and renders atoms, bonds and hydrogen bonds. Features include - Animating multiple frame files - Interactive measurement of bond lengths, bond angles and torsion angles - Control over atom/bond sizes - Exporting to Xpm, Encapsulated PostScript and XYZ formats - Toggling the visibility of groups of atoms - Editing the positions of subsets of atoms
We can use yum or dnf to install xmakemol on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install xmakemol.
Install xmakemol 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 xmakemol using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install xmakemol
Install xmakemol 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 xmakemol using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install xmakemol
How To Uninstall xmakemol on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the xmakemol package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove xmakemol
xmakemol Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/bin/xmake_anim.pl
/usr/bin/xmakemol
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/5d
/usr/lib/.build-id/5d/9fbc07c9f3f7736f6a2dc63298f44fc59c0c86
/usr/share/doc/xmakemol
/usr/share/doc/xmakemol/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/xmakemol/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/xmakemol/PROBLEMS
/usr/share/doc/xmakemol/README
/usr/share/licenses/xmakemol
/usr/share/licenses/xmakemol/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/xmakemol.1.gz
/usr/share/xmakemol
/usr/share/xmakemol/elements
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xmakemol on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.