How To Install cod-tools on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install cod-tools on Kali Linux. cod-tools is tools for manipulating CIF format files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cod-tools on Kali Linux.

What is cod-tools

cod-tools is:

cod-tools is a set of Perl modules and command line tools for manipulating Crystallographic Information Format (CIF) v1.1 and v2.0 files.

There are three methods to install cod-tools 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 cod-tools Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install cod-tools using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install cod-tools

Install cod-tools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install cod-tools

Install cod-tools 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 update

After updating apt database, We can install cod-tools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cod-tools

How To Uninstall cod-tools on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove cod-tools

Uninstall cod-tools And Its Dependencies

To uninstall cod-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cod-tools

Remove cod-tools Configurations and Data

To remove cod-tools configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge cod-tools

Remove cod-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove cod-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cod-tools

Dependencies

cod-tools have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install cod-tools package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.