How To Install edtsurf on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install edtsurf on Kali Linux.

What is edtsurf

edtsurf is:

EDTSurf is a open source program to construct triangulated surfaces for macromolecules. It generates three major macromolecular surfaces: van der Waals surface, solvent-accessible surface and molecular surface (solvent-excluded surface). EDTsurf also identifies cavities which are inside of macromolecules.

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

Install edtsurf Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install edtsurf

Install edtsurf Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install edtsurf

Install edtsurf Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install edtsurf

How To Uninstall edtsurf on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove edtsurf

Uninstall edtsurf And Its Dependencies

To uninstall edtsurf and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove edtsurf

Remove edtsurf Configurations and Data

To remove edtsurf configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge edtsurf

Remove edtsurf configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge edtsurf

Dependencies

edtsurf have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libgcc-s1
• libstdc++6

References

• edtsurf website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install edtsurf package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.