How To Install avogadro2 on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install avogadro2 on CentOS 7.
What is avogadro2
Avogadro is an advanced molecular editor designed for cross-platform use in computational chemistry, molecular modeling, bioinformatics, materials science, and related areas. It offers flexible rendering and a powerful plugin architecture. The code in this repository is a rewrite of Avogadro with source code split across a libraries repository and an application repository. Core features and goals of the Avogadro project * Open source distributed under the liberal 3-clause BSD license * Cross platform with nightly builds on Linux, Mac OS X and Windows * Intuitive interface designed to be useful to whole community * Fast and efficient embracing the latest technologies * Extensible, making extensive use of a plugin architecture * Flexible supporting a range of chemical data formats and packages
We can use yum or dnf to install avogadro2 on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install avogadro2.
Install avogadro2 on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install avogadro2 using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install avogadro2
Install avogadro2 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 avogadro2 using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install avogadro2
How To Uninstall avogadro2 on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the avogadro2 package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove avogadro2
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install avogadro2 on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
