How To Install python3-qcengine on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-qcengine on Kali Linux. python3-qcengine is Quantum chemistry program executor and IO standardizer

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-qcengine on Kali Linux.

What is python3-qcengine

python3-qcengine is:

QCEngine provides a wrapper to ingest and produce QCSchema for a variety of quantum chemistry programs, most notably Psi4, NWchem, RDKit and Mopac.

Other supported (possibly proprietary) packages include DFTD3, MOLPRO, MPD2, OpenMM, Q-Chem, Turbomole, xtb, CFour, GAMESS, Terachem and TorchANI.

There are three methods to install python3-qcengine on Kali Linux. 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-qcengine 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-qcengine using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-qcengine

Install python3-qcengine Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-qcengine

Install python3-qcengine Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-qcengine

How To Uninstall python3-qcengine on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-qcengine

Uninstall python3-qcengine And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-qcengine and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-qcengine

Remove python3-qcengine Configurations and Data

To remove python3-qcengine configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-qcengine

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-qcengine have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-qcengine package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.