How To Install python3-pycodcif on Debian 12

Learn how to install python3-pycodcif on Debian 12 with this tutorial. python3-pycodcif is error-correcting CIF parser - Python3 bindings

Introduction

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

What is python3-pycodcif

python3-pycodcif is:

Python bindings for Crystallographic Information Format (CIF) v1.1 and v2.0 parser, which is written in C language, and developed by the Crystallography Open Database. A CIF format file is represented by a list of data blocks, where each data block is represented by a dictionary.

This package installs the library for Python 3.

There are three methods to install python3-pycodcif 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-pycodcif 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-pycodcif using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-pycodcif

Install python3-pycodcif Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-pycodcif

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-pycodcif

How To Uninstall python3-pycodcif on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-pycodcif

Uninstall python3-pycodcif And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-pycodcif

Remove python3-pycodcif Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-pycodcif

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-pycodcif have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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