How To Install libcdk-java on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcdk-java on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 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 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcdk-java package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
