How To Install drawxtl on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install drawxtl
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is drawxtl
drawxtl is:
DRAWxtl reads a basic description of the crystal structure, which includes unit-cell parameters, space group, atomic coordinates, thermal parameters or a Fourier map, and outputs a geometry object that contains polyhedra, planes, lone-pair cones, spheres or ellipsoids, bonds, iso-surface Fourier contours and the unit-cell boundary.
Four forms of graphics are produced:
- an OpenGL window for immediate viewing
- the Persistence of Vision Ray Tracer (POV-RAY) scene language for publication-quality drawings
- the Virtual Reality Modeling Language (VRML) for dissemination across the Internet
- a Postscript rendering of the OpenGL window for those who want high-quality output but do not have POV-RAY installed.
File formats DRAWxtl can read include CIF, FDAT, FullProf (pcr), GSAS, SCHAKAL, SHELX, DISCUS and WIEN2k.
There are three methods to install drawxtl
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install drawxtl Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install drawxtl
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install drawxtl
Install drawxtl Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install drawxtl
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install drawxtl
Install drawxtl 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 drawxtl
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install drawxtl
How To Uninstall drawxtl on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the drawxtl
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove drawxtl
Uninstall drawxtl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall drawxtl
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove drawxtl
Remove drawxtl Configurations and Data
To remove drawxtl
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge drawxtl
Remove drawxtl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove drawxtl
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge drawxtl
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install drawxtl
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.