How To Install dssp on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install dssp on Rocky Linux 8. dssp is Protein secondary structure assignment

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dssp on Rocky Linux 8.

What is dssp

The DSSP program standardizes protein secondary structure assignment. DSSP is a database of secondary structure assignments (and much more) for all protein entries in the Protein Data Bank (PDB). DSSP is also the program that calculates DSSP entries from PDB entries. DSSP does not predict secondary structure. References “A series of PDB related databases for everyday needs.”, Robbie P. Joosten, Tim A.H. te Beek, Elmar Krieger, Maarten L. Hekkelman, Rob W.W. Hooft, Reinhard Schneider, Chris Sander, and Gert Vriend. Nucleic Acids Research 2011 January; 39(Database issue) doi “Dictionary of protein secondary structure hydrogen-bonded and geometrical features.”, Kabsch W, Sander C, Biopolymers. 1983 22 2577-2637.

We can use yum or dnf to install dssp on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install dssp.

Install dssp on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install dssp

Install dssp on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install dssp

How To Uninstall dssp on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove dssp

dssp Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/mkdssp
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/cb
/usr/lib/.build-id/cb/aa2655c505d666c9a3458326fb62c04acd9b2a
/usr/share/doc/dssp
/usr/share/doc/dssp/README.txt
/usr/share/doc/dssp/changelog
/usr/share/licenses/dssp
/usr/share/licenses/dssp/LICENSE_1_0.txt
/usr/share/man/man1/mkdssp.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install dssp on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.