Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ballview on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is ballview
ballview is:
BALLView provides fast OpenGL-based visualization of molecular structures,
molecular mechanics methods (minimization, MD simulation using the
AMBER, CHARMM, and MMFF94 force fields), calculation and visualization
of electrostatic properties (FDPB) and molecular editing features.
BALLView can be considered a graphical user interface on the basis of
BALL (Biochemical Algorithms Library) with a focus on the most common
demands of protein chemists and biophysicists in particular. It is
developed in the groups of Hans-Peter Lenhof (Saarland University,
Saarbruecken, Germany) and Oliver Kohlbacher (University of Tuebingen,
Germany). BALL is an application framework in C++ that has been
specifically designed for rapid software development in Molecular
Modeling and Computational Molecular Biology. It provides an extensive
set of data structures as well as classes for Molecular Mechanics,
advanced solvation methods, comparison and analysis of protein
structures, file import/export, and visualization.
There are three methods to install ballview on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install ballview Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ballview using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ballview
Install ballview Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ballview using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ballview
Install ballview 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 ballview using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ballview
How To Uninstall ballview on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the ballview package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ballview
Uninstall ballview And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ballview and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ballview
Remove ballview Configurations and Data
To remove ballview configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ballview
Remove ballview configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ballview configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ballview
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ballview package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
