How To Install cif-linguist on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cif-linguist on Kali Linux.
What is cif-linguist
cif-linguist is:
The CIF API provides a standard C interface for reading, writing, and manipulating Crystallographic Information Files (CIFs). It is targeted in particular at CIF 2.0, but it provides support for CIF 1.1 and earlier as well.
This package contains cif_linguist, an experimental program for converting data between various versions of the CIF format.
There are three methods to install cif-linguist on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install cif-linguist Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install cif-linguist using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install cif-linguistInstall cif-linguist Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install cif-linguist using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install cif-linguistInstall cif-linguist Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude updateAfter updating apt database, We can install cif-linguist using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install cif-linguistHow To Uninstall cif-linguist on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the cif-linguist package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove cif-linguistUninstall cif-linguist And Its Dependencies
To uninstall cif-linguist and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove cif-linguistRemove cif-linguist Configurations and Data
To remove cif-linguist configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge cif-linguistRemove cif-linguist configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove cif-linguist configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cif-linguistDependencies
cif-linguist have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cif-linguist package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.