How To Install libjgromacs-java on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libjgromacs-java on Kali Linux.

What is libjgromacs-java

libjgromacs-java is:

JGromacs is a Java library designed to facilitate the development of cross-platform analysis applications for Molecular Dynamics (MD) simulations. The package contains parsers for file formats applied by GROMACS (GROningen MAchine for Chemical Simulations), one of the most widely used MD simulation packages.

JGromacs provides a multilevel object-oriented representation of simulation data to integrate and interconvert sequence, structure and dynamics information. In addititon, a basic analysis toolkit is included in the package. The programmer is also provided with simple tools (e.g. XML-based configuration) to create applications with a user interface resembling the command-line UI of Gromacs applications.

There are three methods to install libjgromacs-java on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libjgromacs-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 libjgromacs-java using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libjgromacs-java

Install libjgromacs-java Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libjgromacs-java

Install libjgromacs-java Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install libjgromacs-java

How To Uninstall libjgromacs-java on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libjgromacs-java

Uninstall libjgromacs-java And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libjgromacs-java and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libjgromacs-java

Remove libjgromacs-java Configurations and Data

To remove libjgromacs-java configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libjgromacs-java

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

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

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

Dependencies

libjgromacs-java have the following dependencies:

• libjama-java

References

• libjgromacs-java website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libjgromacs-java package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.