How To Install xcrysden-data on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xcrysden-data on Debian 12.
What is xcrysden-data
xcrysden-data is:
XCrySDen is a crystalline and molecular structure visualisation program, which aims at display of isosurfaces and contours, which can be superimposed on crystalline structures and interactively rotated and manipulated. It can run on most UNIX platforms, without any special hardware requirements.
This package contains the architecture independent files.
There are three methods to install xcrysden-data on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install xcrysden-data Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install xcrysden-data using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install xcrysden-data
Install xcrysden-data Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install xcrysden-data using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install xcrysden-data
Install xcrysden-data 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 xcrysden-data using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install xcrysden-data
How To Uninstall xcrysden-data on Debian 12
To uninstall only the xcrysden-data package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove xcrysden-data
Uninstall xcrysden-data And Its Dependencies
To uninstall xcrysden-data and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove xcrysden-data
Remove xcrysden-data Configurations and Data
To remove xcrysden-data configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge xcrysden-data
Remove xcrysden-data configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove xcrysden-data configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xcrysden-data
Dependencies
xcrysden-data have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xcrysden-data package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
