How To Install libindigo-java 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 libindigo-java on Ubuntu.

What is `libindigo-java`

libindigo-java is:

Indigo is a C++ based organic chemistry and cheminformatics software environment. Features Include:

Molecule and reaction rendering including SVG support
Automatic layout for SMILES-represented molecules and reactions
Canonical (isomeric) SMILES computation
Exact matching, substructure matching, SMARTS matching
Matching of tautomers and resonance structures
Molecule fingerprinting, molecule similarity computation
Fast enumeration of SSSR rings, subtrees, and edge sugraphs
Molecular weight, molecular formula computation
R-Group deconvolution and scaffold detection
Computation of the exact maximum common substructure for an arbitrary amount of input structures
Combinatorial chemistry
Plugin support in the API

File formats Indigo support include MDL Mol, SDF, RDF, CML, SMILES and SMARTS.

This package contains the Java packages.

There are three methods to install libindigo-java 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 libindigo-java Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libindigo-java using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libindigo-java

Install libindigo-java Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libindigo-java

Install libindigo-java 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 libindigo-java using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libindigo-java

How To Uninstall libindigo-java on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the libindigo-java package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libindigo-java

Uninstall libindigo-java And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libindigo-java

Remove libindigo-java Configurations and Data

To remove libindigo-java configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libindigo-java

Remove libindigo-java configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libindigo-java

Dependencies

libindigo-java have the following dependencies:

References

libindigo-java website

Summary

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