How To Install relion-cuda on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install relion-cuda
on Kali Linux.
What is relion-cuda
relion-cuda is:
RELION (for REgularised LIkelihood OptimisatioN) is a stand-alone computer program for Maximum A Posteriori refinement of (multiple) 3D reconstructions or 2D class averages in cryo-electron microscopy.
RELION provides a GUI, several command-line tools in parallel (MPI) and serial versions, optionally with CUDA/GPU support.
relion-cuda provides the serial and parallel (MPI) command-line tools with CUDA/GPU support.
There are three methods to install relion-cuda
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 relion-cuda Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install relion-cuda
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install relion-cuda
Install relion-cuda Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install relion-cuda
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install relion-cuda
Install relion-cuda 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 relion-cuda
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install relion-cuda
How To Uninstall relion-cuda on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the relion-cuda
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove relion-cuda
Uninstall relion-cuda And Its Dependencies
To uninstall relion-cuda
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove relion-cuda
Remove relion-cuda Configurations and Data
To remove relion-cuda
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge relion-cuda
Remove relion-cuda configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove relion-cuda
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge relion-cuda
Dependencies
relion-cuda have the following dependencies:
- openmpi-gcc
- libc6
- libcufft10
- libfftw3-double3
- libfftw3-single3
- libgcc-s1
- libgomp1
- libopenmpi3
- libstdc++6
- libtiff5
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install relion-cuda
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.