How To Install libopenbabel-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libopenbabel-dev
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libopenbabel-dev
libopenbabel-dev is:
Open Babel is a chemical toolbox designed to speak the many languages of chemical data. It allows one to search, convert, analyze, or store data from molecular modeling, chemistry, solid-state materials, biochemistry, or related areas. Features include:
- Hydrogen addition and deletion
- Support for Molecular Mechanics
- Support for SMARTS molecular matching syntax
- Automatic feature perception (rings, bonds, hybridization, aromaticity)
- Flexible atom typer and perception of multiple bonds from atomic coordinates
- Gasteiger-Marsili partial charge calculation
File formats Open Babel supports include PDB, XYZ, CIF, CML, SMILES, MDL Molfile, ChemDraw, Gaussian, GAMESS, MOPAC and MPQC.
This package contains the static library and the header files.
There are three methods to install libopenbabel-dev
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 libopenbabel-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 libopenbabel-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libopenbabel-dev
Install libopenbabel-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libopenbabel-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libopenbabel-dev
Install libopenbabel-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 libopenbabel-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libopenbabel-dev
How To Uninstall libopenbabel-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libopenbabel-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libopenbabel-dev
Uninstall libopenbabel-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libopenbabel-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libopenbabel-dev
Remove libopenbabel-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libopenbabel-dev
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libopenbabel-dev
Remove libopenbabel-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libopenbabel-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libopenbabel-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libopenbabel-dev
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.