How To Install libkim-api-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libkim-api-dev
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libkim-api-dev
libkim-api-dev is:
The KIM API is an Application Programming Interface for atomistic simulations. The API provides a standard for exchanging information between atomistic simulation codes (molecular dynamics, molecular statics, lattice dynamics, Monte Carlo, etc.) and interatomic models (potentials or force fields). It also includes a set of library routines for using the API with bindings for:
FORTRAN 77, Fortran 90/95, Fortran 2003 C, C++
Atomistic simulation codes that support the KIM API work seamlessly with the KIM-compliant interatomic models (KIM Models) distributed on this website. The interface is computationally efficient and often requires relatively minor changes to existing codes.
This package contains the development files (headers and documentation) for KIM-API.
There are three methods to install libkim-api-dev
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libkim-api-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libkim-api-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libkim-api-dev
Install libkim-api-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libkim-api-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libkim-api-dev
Install libkim-api-dev 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 libkim-api-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libkim-api-dev
How To Uninstall libkim-api-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libkim-api-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libkim-api-dev
Uninstall libkim-api-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libkim-api-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libkim-api-dev
Remove libkim-api-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libkim-api-dev
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libkim-api-dev
Remove libkim-api-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libkim-api-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libkim-api-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libkim-api-dev
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.