How To Install python3-cif2cell on Debian 12

Learn how to install python3-cif2cell on Debian 12 with this tutorial. python3-cif2cell is prepare CIF files for electronic structure calculations

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-cif2cell on Debian 12.

What is python3-cif2cell

python3-cif2cell is:

cif2cell is a tool to generate the geometrical setup for various electronic structure codes from a CIF (Crystallographic Information Framework) file. The code will generate the crystal structure for the primitive cell or the conventional cell.

There are three methods to install python3-cif2cell 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 python3-cif2cell Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-cif2cell using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-cif2cell

Install python3-cif2cell Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-cif2cell using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python3-cif2cell

Install python3-cif2cell 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 python3-cif2cell using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python3-cif2cell

How To Uninstall python3-cif2cell on Debian 12

To uninstall only the python3-cif2cell package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python3-cif2cell

Uninstall python3-cif2cell And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-cif2cell and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-cif2cell

Remove python3-cif2cell Configurations and Data

To remove python3-cif2cell configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-cif2cell

Remove python3-cif2cell configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python3-cif2cell configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-cif2cell

Dependencies

python3-cif2cell have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-cif2cell package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.