How To Install dssp on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install dssp on Debian 9. dssp is protein secondary structure assignment based on 3D structure

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dssp on Debian 9.

What is dssp

dssp is:

DSSP is an application you use to assign the secondary structure of a protein based on its solved three dimensional (3D) structure.

This version (2) of DSSP is a rewrite that produces the same output as the original DSSP, but deals better with exceptions in PDB files and is much faster.

There are three methods to install dssp on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install dssp Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install dssp

Install dssp Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install dssp using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install dssp

Install dssp 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 dssp using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install dssp

How To Uninstall dssp on Debian 9

To uninstall only the dssp package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove dssp

Uninstall dssp And Its Dependencies

To uninstall dssp and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove dssp

Remove dssp Configurations and Data

To remove dssp configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge dssp

Remove dssp configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dssp

Dependencies

dssp have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install dssp package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.