How To Install xcrysden-data on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install xcrysden-data on Kali Linux.

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 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 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 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 xcrysden-data using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install xcrysden-data

How To Uninstall xcrysden-data on Kali Linux

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 Kali Linux, 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 Kali Linux 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

• xcrysden-data website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install xcrysden-data package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.