Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ase on Kali Linux.
What is ase
ase is:
ASE is an Atomic Simulation Environment written in the Python programming
language with the aim of setting up, stearing, and analyzing atomic
simulations. ASE is part of CAMPOS, the CAMP Open Source project.
ASE contains Python interfaces to several different electronic structure
codes including Abinit, Asap, Dacapo, Elk, GPAW and SIESTA.
This package provides the executable scripts.
There are three methods to install ase on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install ase Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install ase using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install aseInstall ase Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ase using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install aseInstall ase Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude updateAfter updating apt database, We can install ase using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ase
How To Uninstall ase on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the ase package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ase
Uninstall ase And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ase and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ase
Remove ase Configurations and Data
To remove ase configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ase
Remove ase configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ase configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ase
Dependencies
ase have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ase package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
