How To Install dssp on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dssp
on Ubuntu 22.04.
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 (4.0) of DSSP is a rewrite that writes annotated mmCIF files by default but can still produce the older dssp format. New is also the support of PP helices.
There are three methods to install dssp
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 22.04
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 Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dssp
Remove dssp Configurations and Data
To remove dssp
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 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
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dssp
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.