How To Install libballview1.4 on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libballview1.4 on Debian 9. libballview1.4 is Biochemical Algorithms Library, VIEW framework

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libballview1.4 on Debian 9.

What is libballview1.4

libballview1.4 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 contains the view parts of BALL (libVIEW). Those are required for molecular visualization and for running BALLView.

There are three methods to install libballview1.4 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 libballview1.4 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libballview1.4 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libballview1.4

Install libballview1.4 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libballview1.4 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libballview1.4

Install libballview1.4 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 libballview1.4 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libballview1.4

How To Uninstall libballview1.4 on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libballview1.4 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libballview1.4

Uninstall libballview1.4 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libballview1.4 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libballview1.4

Remove libballview1.4 Configurations and Data

To remove libballview1.4 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libballview1.4

Remove libballview1.4 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libballview1.4 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libballview1.4

Dependencies

libballview1.4 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libballview1.4 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.