How To Install cod-tools on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cod-tools on Ubuntu 20.04.
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 Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install 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 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 cod-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install cod-tools
How To Uninstall cod-tools on Ubuntu 20.04
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 Ubuntu 20.04, 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 Ubuntu 20.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cod-tools package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.