How To Install xmakemol on Fedora 34

xmakemol is Program for visualizing atomic and molecular systems

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install xmakemol on Fedora 34.

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 Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install xmakemol.

Install xmakemol on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 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 Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 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 Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove xmakemol

xmakemol Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/xmake_anim.pl
/usr/bin/xmakemol
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/2a
/usr/lib/.build-id/2a/2eeadbc612f3a88ff1538f9a33cc7333ac5b95
/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

xmakemol website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install xmakemol on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.