How To Install mgltools-dejavu on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mgltools-dejavu on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is mgltools-dejavu
mgltools-dejavu is:
The library is needed by mgltools-autodocktools at runtime. It provides the viewer of three-dimensional objects that used for the interactive display of protein structures.
The Viewer class is a fully functional visualization application providing control over a number of rendering parameters. This package is part of the mgltools set of Python libraries which provide an infrastructure for the analysis of protein structures and their docking of chemical compounds.
There are three methods to install mgltools-dejavu 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 mgltools-dejavu Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mgltools-dejavu using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mgltools-dejavu
Install mgltools-dejavu Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mgltools-dejavu using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mgltools-dejavu
Install mgltools-dejavu 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 mgltools-dejavu using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mgltools-dejavu
How To Uninstall mgltools-dejavu on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the mgltools-dejavu package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mgltools-dejavu
Uninstall mgltools-dejavu And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mgltools-dejavu and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mgltools-dejavu
Remove mgltools-dejavu Configurations and Data
To remove mgltools-dejavu configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mgltools-dejavu
Remove mgltools-dejavu configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mgltools-dejavu configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mgltools-dejavu
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mgltools-dejavu package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
