How To Install libjni-inchi-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 libjni-inchi-java on Ubuntu.

What is `libjni-inchi-java`

libjni-inchi-java is:

JNI-InChI provides JNI (Java Native Interface) wrappers for the InChI (International Chemical Identifier) C library distributed by IUPAC. All of the features from the InChI libarary are supported:

Standard and Non-Standard InChI generation from structures with 3D, 2D, or no coordinates
Structure generation (without coordinates) from InChI
InChIKey generation
Check InChI / InChIKey
InChI-to-InChI conversion
AuxInfo to InChI input
Access to the full range of options supported by InChI
Full support for InChI’s handling of stereochemistry

There are three methods to install libjni-inchi-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 libjni-inchi-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 libjni-inchi-java using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libjni-inchi-java

Install libjni-inchi-java Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libjni-inchi-java

Install libjni-inchi-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 libjni-inchi-java using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libjni-inchi-java

How To Uninstall libjni-inchi-java on Ubuntu

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

sudo apt-get remove libjni-inchi-java

Uninstall libjni-inchi-java And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libjni-inchi-java

Remove libjni-inchi-java Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libjni-inchi-java

Remove libjni-inchi-java configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libjni-inchi-java

Dependencies

libjni-inchi-java have the following dependencies:

References

libjni-inchi-java website

Summary

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