How To Install mmdb2 on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mmdb2 on CentOS 7.
What is mmdb2
MMDB is a macromolecular coordinate library, written by Eugene Krissinel primarily for use by the collaborative computational project 4 (CCP4) group in the United Kingdom. The Coordinate Library is designed to assist CCP4 developers in working with coordinate files. The Library features work with the primary file formats of the Protein Data Bank (PDB), the PDB file format and the mmCIF file format. The Library provides various high-level tools for working with coordinate files, which include not only reading and writing, but also orthogonal-fractional coordinate transforms, generation of symmetry mates, editing the molecular structure and some others. The Library is supposed as a general low-level tool for unifying the coordinate-related operations. This package contains the shared library components needed for programs that have been compiled with the mmdb library.
We can use yum or dnf to install mmdb2 on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mmdb2.
Install mmdb2 on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install mmdb2 using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install mmdb2
Install mmdb2 on CentOS 7 Using dnf
If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first.
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache
After updating yum database, We can install mmdb2 using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install mmdb2
How To Uninstall mmdb2 on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the mmdb2 package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove mmdb2
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mmdb2 on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
