How To Install debichem-visualisation on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install debichem-visualisation on Ubuntu 18.04. debichem-visualisation is DebiChem 3D Viewers

Introduction

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

What is debichem-visualisation

debichem-visualisation is:

This metapackage will install 3D Viewers which might be useful for chemists.

There are three methods to install debichem-visualisation 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-visualisation 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-visualisation using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install debichem-visualisation

Install debichem-visualisation Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install debichem-visualisation

Install debichem-visualisation 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-visualisation using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install debichem-visualisation

How To Uninstall debichem-visualisation on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove debichem-visualisation

Uninstall debichem-visualisation And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove debichem-visualisation

Remove debichem-visualisation Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge debichem-visualisation

Remove debichem-visualisation configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge debichem-visualisation

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Summary

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