How To Install libopenbabel-doc on Debian 12

Learn how to install libopenbabel-doc on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libopenbabel-doc is Chemical toolbox library (documentation)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libopenbabel-doc on Debian 12.

What is libopenbabel-doc

libopenbabel-doc 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 library documentation.

There are three methods to install libopenbabel-doc 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 libopenbabel-doc 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-doc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libopenbabel-doc

Install libopenbabel-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libopenbabel-doc

Install libopenbabel-doc 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 libopenbabel-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libopenbabel-doc

How To Uninstall libopenbabel-doc on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libopenbabel-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libopenbabel-doc

Uninstall libopenbabel-doc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libopenbabel-doc

Remove libopenbabel-doc Configurations and Data

To remove libopenbabel-doc configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libopenbabel-doc

Remove libopenbabel-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libopenbabel-doc

Dependencies

libopenbabel-doc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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