How To Install libvotca-tools2021 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 libvotca-tools2021 on Ubuntu.

What is `libvotca-tools2021`

libvotca-tools2021 is:

VOTCA is a software package which focuses on the analysis of molecular dynamics data, the development of systematic coarse-graining techniques as well as methods used for simulating microscopic charge transport in disordered semiconductors.

VOTCA’s tools library provides functions shared between all VOTCA packages.

There are three methods to install libvotca-tools2021 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 libvotca-tools2021 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libvotca-tools2021 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libvotca-tools2021

Install libvotca-tools2021 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libvotca-tools2021 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libvotca-tools2021

Install libvotca-tools2021 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 libvotca-tools2021 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libvotca-tools2021

How To Uninstall libvotca-tools2021 on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the libvotca-tools2021 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libvotca-tools2021

Uninstall libvotca-tools2021 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libvotca-tools2021 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libvotca-tools2021

Remove libvotca-tools2021 Configurations and Data

To remove libvotca-tools2021 configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libvotca-tools2021

Remove libvotca-tools2021 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libvotca-tools2021 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libvotca-tools2021

Dependencies

libvotca-tools2021 have the following dependencies:

References

libvotca-tools2021 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvotca-tools2021 package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.