How To Install dials on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dials on Debian 12.
What is dials
dials is:
The DIALS software is developed in a fully open-source, collaborative environment. The main development teams are based at Diamond Light Source and CCP4, in the UK, and at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA. However, in the spirit of the open source movement, we welcome collaboration from anyone who wishes to contribute to the project.
To avoid ??reinventing the wheel?? as much as possible, the DIALS project builds on knowledge accumulated over many decades in the field of crystallographic data processing. We benefit greatly from the altruism of experts who contribute their ideas and advice, either directly or via their detailed publications on existing algorithms and packages such as XDS [2] and MOSFLM [3]. At the heart of the DIALS framework lies a design philosophy of hardware abstraction and a generalised model of the experiment that is inspired directly by material published on the seminal workshops on position sensitive detector software [1]. Continuing in the spirit of these workshops we held our own series of meetings, with talks from invited speakers, and code camps in which specific problems are addressed by intensive effort across the collaboration. Summaries of these meetings and copies of slides given as presentations are available here.
DIALS is written using Python and C++, making heavy use of the cctbx [4] for core crystallographic calculations and much infrastructure including a complete build system. Seamless interaction between the C++ and Python components of this hybrid system is enabled by Boost.Python. Python provides a useful ground for rapid prototyping, after which core algorithms and data structures may be transferred over to C++ for speed. High level interfaces of the hybrid system remain in Python, facilitating further development and code reuse both within DIALS and by third parties.
There are three methods to install dials on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install dials Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install dials using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dials
Install dials Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dials using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dials
Install dials 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install dials using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dials
How To Uninstall dials on Debian 12
To uninstall only the dials package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dials
Uninstall dials And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dials and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dials
Remove dials Configurations and Data
To remove dials configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dials
Remove dials configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dials configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dials
Dependencies
dials have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dials package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
