How To Install libcdk-java on Debian 12

Learn how to install libcdk-java on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libcdk-java is Chemistry Development Kit (CDK) Java libraries

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcdk-java on Debian 12.

What is libcdk-java

libcdk-java is:

The CDK is a library of Java classes used in computational and information chemistry and in bioinformatics. It includes renderers, file IO, SMILES generation/parsing, maximal common substructure algorithms, fingerprinting and much, much more.

There are three methods to install libcdk-java 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 libcdk-java Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libcdk-java

Install libcdk-java Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libcdk-java

Install libcdk-java 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 libcdk-java using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libcdk-java

How To Uninstall libcdk-java on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libcdk-java package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libcdk-java

Uninstall libcdk-java And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcdk-java

Remove libcdk-java Configurations and Data

To remove libcdk-java configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libcdk-java

Remove libcdk-java configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcdk-java

Dependencies

libcdk-java have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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