How To Install rasmol-doc on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rasmol-doc on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is rasmol-doc
rasmol-doc is:
Extra documentation for Rasmol, a program to visualize biological macromolecules. Included are the Rasmol manual in various formats, a command reference card and a copy of the openrasmol website, http://rasmol.org.
There are three methods to install rasmol-doc 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 rasmol-doc Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install rasmol-doc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install rasmol-doc
Install rasmol-doc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install rasmol-doc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install rasmol-doc
Install rasmol-doc 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 rasmol-doc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install rasmol-doc
How To Uninstall rasmol-doc on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the rasmol-doc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove rasmol-doc
Uninstall rasmol-doc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall rasmol-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove rasmol-doc
Remove rasmol-doc Configurations and Data
To remove rasmol-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge rasmol-doc
Remove rasmol-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove rasmol-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rasmol-doc
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rasmol-doc package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.