How To Install gchempaint on Debian 10

Learn how to install gchempaint on Debian 10 with this tutorial. gchempaint is 2D chemical structures editor for the GNOME2 desktop

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gchempaint on Debian 10.

What is gchempaint

gchempaint is:

GChemPaint is an editor for 2D chemical structures with a multiple document interface. Drawn molecules can be searched at NIST Webbook and PubChem.

There are three methods to install gchempaint on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install gchempaint Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gchempaint

Install gchempaint Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gchempaint using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gchempaint

Install gchempaint 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 gchempaint using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gchempaint

How To Uninstall gchempaint on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove gchempaint

Uninstall gchempaint And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gchempaint and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gchempaint

Remove gchempaint Configurations and Data

To remove gchempaint configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gchempaint

Remove gchempaint configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gchempaint

Dependencies

gchempaint have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gchempaint package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.