How To Install refmac-dictionary on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install refmac-dictionary on Debian 10.
What is refmac-dictionary
refmac-dictionary is:
Dictionary of ligands and constituent blocks (e.g. amino acids, nucleic acids, sugars) contains necessary stereochemical information (e.g. bond lengths, angles, torsion angles) about small molecules used in refinement and model building. Values in the dictionary are for an abstract form of monomers, i.e there is no conformational/configurational or environment dependence.
There are three methods to install refmac-dictionary on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install refmac-dictionary Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install refmac-dictionary using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install refmac-dictionary
Install refmac-dictionary Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install refmac-dictionary using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install refmac-dictionary
Install refmac-dictionary 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 refmac-dictionary using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install refmac-dictionary
How To Uninstall refmac-dictionary on Debian 10
To uninstall only the refmac-dictionary package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove refmac-dictionary
Uninstall refmac-dictionary And Its Dependencies
To uninstall refmac-dictionary and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove refmac-dictionary
Remove refmac-dictionary Configurations and Data
To remove refmac-dictionary configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge refmac-dictionary
Remove refmac-dictionary configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove refmac-dictionary configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge refmac-dictionary
Dependencies
refmac-dictionary have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install refmac-dictionary package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.