How To Install libmmdb0 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmmdb0
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libmmdb0
libmmdb0 is:
MMDB is designed to assist developers in working with macromolecular coordinate files. The library handles both PDB and mmCIF format files.
The Library also features an internal binary format, portable between different platforms. This is achieved at uniformity of the Library’s interface functions, so there is no difference in handling different formats.
MMDB provides various high-level tools for working with coordinate files, including reading and writing, orthogonal-fractional transforms, generation of symmetry mates, editing the molecular structure and more.
This package contains the shared library components needed for programs that have been linked to the mmdb library.
There are three methods to install libmmdb0
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 libmmdb0 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libmmdb0
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmmdb0
Install libmmdb0 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmmdb0
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmmdb0
Install libmmdb0 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 libmmdb0
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmmdb0
How To Uninstall libmmdb0 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libmmdb0
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmmdb0
Uninstall libmmdb0 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmmdb0
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmmdb0
Remove libmmdb0 Configurations and Data
To remove libmmdb0
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmmdb0
Remove libmmdb0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmmdb0
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmmdb0
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmmdb0
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.