How To Install libball1.5-dev on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libball1.5-dev on Debian 12.
What is libball1.5-dev
libball1.5-dev 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. It provides an extensive set of data structures as well as classes for Molecular Mechanics, advanced solvation methods, comparison and analysis of protein structures, file import/export, and visualization. BALL is currently being developed in the groups of Oliver Kohlbacher (University of Tuebingen, Germany), Andreas Hildebrandt (Saarland University, Saarbruecken, Germany), and Hans-Peter Lenhof (Saarland University, Saarbruecken, Germany).
This package comprises the header files allowing to create one’s own applications with the BALL library.
There are three methods to install libball1.5-dev 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 libball1.5-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libball1.5-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libball1.5-dev
Install libball1.5-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libball1.5-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libball1.5-dev
Install libball1.5-dev 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 libball1.5-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libball1.5-dev
How To Uninstall libball1.5-dev on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libball1.5-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libball1.5-dev
Uninstall libball1.5-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libball1.5-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libball1.5-dev
Remove libball1.5-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libball1.5-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libball1.5-dev
Remove libball1.5-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libball1.5-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libball1.5-dev
Dependencies
libball1.5-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libball1.5-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
