How To Install autodock-vina on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install autodock-vina on Kali Linux. autodock-vina is docking of small molecules to proteins

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install autodock-vina on Kali Linux.

What is `autodock-vina`

autodock-vina is:

AutoDock Vina is a program to support drug discovery, molecular
docking and virtual screening of compound libraries. It offers
multi-core capability, high performance and enhanced accuracy
and ease of use.

The same institute also developed autodock, which is widely used.

O. Trott, A. J. Olson, AutoDock Vina: improving the speed and accuracy
of docking with a new scoring function, efficient optimization and
multithreading, Journal of Computational Chemistry 31 (2010) 455-461

There are three methods to install autodock-vina 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 autodock-vina Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install autodock-vina

Install autodock-vina Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install autodock-vina

Install autodock-vina 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 update

After updating apt database, We can install autodock-vina using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install autodock-vina

How To Uninstall autodock-vina on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the autodock-vina package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove autodock-vina

Uninstall autodock-vina And Its Dependencies

To uninstall autodock-vina and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove autodock-vina

Remove autodock-vina Configurations and Data

To remove autodock-vina configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge autodock-vina

Remove autodock-vina configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge autodock-vina

Dependencies

autodock-vina have the following dependencies:

References

autodock-vina website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install autodock-vina package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.