How To Install gdpc-examples on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gdpc-examples on Debian 9.
What is gdpc-examples
gdpc-examples is:
gpdc is a graphical program for visualising output data from molecular dynamics simulations. It reads input in the standard xyz format, as well as other custom formats, and can output pictures of each frame in JPG or PNG format.
This package contains examples to be used by the gdpc program.
There are three methods to install gdpc-examples 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 gdpc-examples Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gdpc-examples using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gdpc-examples
Install gdpc-examples Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gdpc-examples using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gdpc-examples
Install gdpc-examples 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 gdpc-examples using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gdpc-examples
How To Uninstall gdpc-examples on Debian 9
To uninstall only the gdpc-examples package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gdpc-examples
Uninstall gdpc-examples And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gdpc-examples and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gdpc-examples
Remove gdpc-examples Configurations and Data
To remove gdpc-examples configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gdpc-examples
Remove gdpc-examples configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gdpc-examples configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gdpc-examples
Dependencies
gdpc-examples have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gdpc-examples package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.