How To Install libvotca-tools-dev on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvotca-tools-dev on Debian 10.
What is libvotca-tools-dev
libvotca-tools-dev is:
VOTCA is a software package which focuses on the analysis of molecular dynamics data, the development of systematic coarse-graining techniques as well as methods used for simulating microscopic charge transport in disordered semiconductors.
VOTCA’s tools library provides functions shared between all VOTCA packages.
This package contains header files and pkg-config files.
There are three methods to install libvotca-tools-dev on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libvotca-tools-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 libvotca-tools-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libvotca-tools-dev
Install libvotca-tools-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libvotca-tools-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libvotca-tools-dev
Install libvotca-tools-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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libvotca-tools-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libvotca-tools-dev
How To Uninstall libvotca-tools-dev on Debian 10
To uninstall only the libvotca-tools-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libvotca-tools-dev
Uninstall libvotca-tools-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libvotca-tools-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libvotca-tools-dev
Remove libvotca-tools-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libvotca-tools-dev configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libvotca-tools-dev
Remove libvotca-tools-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libvotca-tools-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libvotca-tools-dev
Dependencies
libvotca-tools-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvotca-tools-dev package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.