How To Install freesasa on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install freesasa on Debian 12.
What is freesasa
freesasa is:
FreeSASA is a C library and C++ command line tool for calculating Solvent Accessible Surface Area (SASA) of biomolecules. It is designed to be simple to use with defaults, but allows customization of all parameters of the calculation and provides a few different tools to analyze the results. Python bindings are provided separately.
There are three methods to install freesasa 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 freesasa Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install freesasa using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install freesasa
Install freesasa Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install freesasa using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install freesasa
Install freesasa 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 freesasa using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install freesasa
How To Uninstall freesasa on Debian 12
To uninstall only the freesasa package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove freesasa
Uninstall freesasa And Its Dependencies
To uninstall freesasa and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove freesasa
Remove freesasa Configurations and Data
To remove freesasa configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge freesasa
Remove freesasa configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove freesasa configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge freesasa
Dependencies
freesasa have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install freesasa package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
