How To Install solvate 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 solvate on Ubuntu.
What is solvate
solvate is:
For molecular dynamics simulations it is sometimes appropriate not to model in the vacuum but to have the proteins surrounded by their solvent. This program computes the location of water molecules such that the resulting PDB files become suitable for further analyses.
There are three methods to install solvate 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 solvate Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install solvate using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install solvate
Install solvate Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install solvate using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install solvate
Install solvate 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 solvate using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install solvate
How To Uninstall solvate on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the solvate package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove solvate
Uninstall solvate And Its Dependencies
To uninstall solvate and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove solvate
Remove solvate Configurations and Data
To remove solvate configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge solvate
Remove solvate configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove solvate configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge solvate
Dependencies
solvate have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install solvate package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.