How To Install libinchi1 on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libinchi1 on Ubuntu.
What is libinchi1
libinchi1 is:
The International Chemical Identifier (InChI) is an Open Source chemical structure representation algorithm.
InChIs are text strings comprising different layers and sublayers of information separated by slashes (/). Each InChI strings starts with the InChI version number followed by the main layer. This main layer contains sublayers for chemical formula, atom connections and hydrogen atoms. Depending on the structure of the molecule the main layer may be followed by additional layers e. g. for charge, stereochemical and/or isotop information.
This package contains the shared library.
There are three methods to install libinchi1 on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libinchi1 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libinchi1 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libinchi1
Install libinchi1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libinchi1 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libinchi1
Install libinchi1 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 libinchi1 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libinchi1
How To Uninstall libinchi1 on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the libinchi1 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libinchi1
Uninstall libinchi1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libinchi1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libinchi1
Remove libinchi1 Configurations and Data
To remove libinchi1 configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libinchi1
Remove libinchi1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libinchi1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libinchi1
Dependencies
libinchi1 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libinchi1 package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.