How To Install xmakemol on CentOS 8

xmakemol is Program for visualizing atomic and molecular systems

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.