How To Install gemmi on Debian 12

Learn how to install gemmi on Debian 12 with this tutorial. gemmi is library for structural biology - executable

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gemmi on Debian 12.

What is gemmi

gemmi is:

Library for macromolecular crystallography and structural bioinformatics. For working with coordinate files (mmCIF, PDB, mmJSON), refinement restraints (monomer library), electron density maps (CCP4), and crystallographic reflection data (MTZ, SF-mmCIF). It understands crystallographic symmetries, it knows how to switch between the real and reciprocal space and it can do a few other things.

This package contains main gemmi executable.

There are three methods to install gemmi 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 gemmi Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gemmi

Install gemmi Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gemmi

Install gemmi 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 gemmi using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gemmi

How To Uninstall gemmi on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove gemmi

Uninstall gemmi And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gemmi and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gemmi

Remove gemmi Configurations and Data

To remove gemmi configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gemmi

Remove gemmi configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gemmi

Dependencies

gemmi have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gemmi package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.