How To Install apbs-tools on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install apbs-tools on CentOS 7. apbs-tools is utility programs that utilize the APBS package

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install apbs-tools on CentOS 7.

What is apbs-tools

The apbs-tools package contains several utility programs for conversion, analysis and preparation of files that use the adaptive poisson boltzmann solver library.

We can use yum or dnf to install apbs-tools on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install apbs-tools.

Install apbs-tools on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install apbs-tools using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install apbs-tools

Install apbs-tools on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

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

sudo dnf -y install apbs-tools

How To Uninstall apbs-tools on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the apbs-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove apbs-tools

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install apbs-tools on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.