How To Install libinchi1 on Debian 12

Learn how to install libinchi1 on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libinchi1 is International Chemical Identifier (InChI) algorithm (library)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libinchi1 on Debian 12.

What is libinchi1

libinchi1 is:

The International Chemical Identifier (InChI) is an Open Source chemical structure representation algorithm.

InChIs are text strings comprising different layers and sublayers of information separated by slashes (/). Each InChI strings starts with the InChI version number followed by the main layer. This main layer contains sublayers for chemical formula, atom connections and hydrogen atoms. Depending on the structure of the molecule the main layer may be followed by additional layers e. g. for charge, stereochemical and/or isotop information.

This package contains the shared library.

There are three methods to install libinchi1 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 libinchi1 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libinchi1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libinchi1

Install libinchi1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libinchi1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libinchi1

Install libinchi1 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 libinchi1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libinchi1

How To Uninstall libinchi1 on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libinchi1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libinchi1

Uninstall libinchi1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libinchi1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libinchi1

Remove libinchi1 Configurations and Data

To remove libinchi1 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libinchi1

Remove libinchi1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libinchi1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libinchi1

Dependencies

libinchi1 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libinchi1 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.