How To Install libosra2 on Debian 12

Learn how to install libosra2 on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libosra2 is optical structure recognition (shared library)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libosra2 on Debian 12.

What is libosra2

libosra2 is:

OSRA is a utility designed to convert graphical representations of chemical structures, as they appear in journal articles, patent documents, textbooks, trade magazines etc., into SMILES (Simplified Molecular Input Line Entry Specification) - a computer recognizable molecular structure format. OSRA can read a document in any of the over 90 graphical formats parseable by ImageMagick - including GIF, JPEG, PNG, TIFF, PDF, PS etc., and generate the SMILES representation of the molecular structure images encountered within that document.

There are three methods to install libosra2 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 libosra2 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libosra2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libosra2

Install libosra2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libosra2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libosra2

Install libosra2 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 libosra2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libosra2

How To Uninstall libosra2 on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libosra2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libosra2

Uninstall libosra2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libosra2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libosra2

Remove libosra2 Configurations and Data

To remove libosra2 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libosra2

Remove libosra2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libosra2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libosra2

Dependencies

libosra2 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libosra2 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.