How To Install debichem-molecular-dynamics on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install debichem-molecular-dynamics on Ubuntu 18.04. debichem-molecular-dynamics is DebiChem Molecular Dynamics

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install debichem-molecular-dynamics on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is debichem-molecular-dynamics

debichem-molecular-dynamics is:

This metapackage will install Molecular Dynamics packages which might be useful for chemists.

There are three methods to install debichem-molecular-dynamics 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 debichem-molecular-dynamics Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install debichem-molecular-dynamics using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install debichem-molecular-dynamics

Install debichem-molecular-dynamics Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install debichem-molecular-dynamics using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install debichem-molecular-dynamics

Install debichem-molecular-dynamics 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 debichem-molecular-dynamics using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install debichem-molecular-dynamics

How To Uninstall debichem-molecular-dynamics on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the debichem-molecular-dynamics package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove debichem-molecular-dynamics

Uninstall debichem-molecular-dynamics And Its Dependencies

To uninstall debichem-molecular-dynamics and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove debichem-molecular-dynamics

Remove debichem-molecular-dynamics Configurations and Data

To remove debichem-molecular-dynamics configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge debichem-molecular-dynamics

Remove debichem-molecular-dynamics configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove debichem-molecular-dynamics configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge debichem-molecular-dynamics

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install debichem-molecular-dynamics package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.