How To Install libball1.4-doc on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libball1.4-doc on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libball1.4-doc
libball1.4-doc is:
BALL (Biochemical Algorithms Library) is an application framework in C++ that has been specifically designed for rapid software development in Molecular Modeling and Computational Molecular Biology. The package comprises an extensive manual on how to program molecular modelling programs with BALL.
There are three methods to install libball1.4-doc on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libball1.4-doc Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libball1.4-doc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libball1.4-doc
Install libball1.4-doc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libball1.4-doc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libball1.4-doc
Install libball1.4-doc 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 libball1.4-doc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libball1.4-doc
How To Uninstall libball1.4-doc on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libball1.4-doc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libball1.4-doc
Uninstall libball1.4-doc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libball1.4-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libball1.4-doc
Remove libball1.4-doc Configurations and Data
To remove libball1.4-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libball1.4-doc
Remove libball1.4-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libball1.4-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libball1.4-doc
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libball1.4-doc package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
