How To Install v-sim-plugins on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install v-sim-plugins on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is v-sim-plugins
v-sim-plugins is:
This package contains the plugins to be used with V_Sim, a 3D visualization package for solid state physics. The available plugins are:
- an input file plugin for the new ETSF file format (see http://www.etsf.eu).
- an input file plugin using OpenBabel to import many formats, mainly from the chemistry software (see http://www.openbabel.org).
- an input file plugin to read the XcrysDen File Format.
- an input file plugin to read the Cube file format introduced by Gaussian and used by others like SIESTA.
- an additional panel to load Python scripts.
There are three methods to install v-sim-plugins 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 v-sim-plugins Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install v-sim-plugins using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install v-sim-plugins
Install v-sim-plugins Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install v-sim-plugins using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install v-sim-plugins
Install v-sim-plugins 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 v-sim-plugins using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install v-sim-plugins
How To Uninstall v-sim-plugins on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the v-sim-plugins package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove v-sim-plugins
Uninstall v-sim-plugins And Its Dependencies
To uninstall v-sim-plugins and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove v-sim-plugins
Remove v-sim-plugins Configurations and Data
To remove v-sim-plugins configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge v-sim-plugins
Remove v-sim-plugins configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove v-sim-plugins configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge v-sim-plugins
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install v-sim-plugins package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
