How To Install bkchem on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bkchem
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is bkchem
bkchem is:
BKchem is a free chemical drawing program, which is written in Python.
Some of the features, you can expect:
- Drawing (bond-by-bond drawing; templates for common rings; expanding of common-groups; draws radicals, charges, arrows; color support …)
- Editing (unlimited undo and redo capabilities; aligning; scaling; rotation (2D, 3D) …)
- Export/Import (fully supported SVG-, OpenOffice.org-Draw-, EPS-export; basic support for CML1 and CML2 import and export)
There are three methods to install bkchem
on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install bkchem Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install bkchem
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install bkchem
Install bkchem Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install bkchem
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install bkchem
Install bkchem 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install bkchem
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install bkchem
How To Uninstall bkchem on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the bkchem
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove bkchem
Uninstall bkchem And Its Dependencies
To uninstall bkchem
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove bkchem
Remove bkchem Configurations and Data
To remove bkchem
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge bkchem
Remove bkchem configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove bkchem
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bkchem
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bkchem
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.