Install gromacs-dev on Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install gromacs-dev

Learn how to install gromacs-dev with the command sudo apt-get install gromacs-dev on Ubuntus.


 

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Quick installation of gromacs-dev:

Step 1: Update system:

	sudo apt-get update

Step 2: Install: gromacs-dev

Ater updaing the OS run following command to install the packae:

	sudo apt-get install gromacs-dev

Package Details

Package:gromacs-dev
Version:4.5.5-1
Maintainer:Ubuntu Developers
Home page:http://www.gromacs.org/
Description:GROMACS molecular dynamics sim, development kit GROMACS is a versatile package to perform molecular dynamics, i.e. simulate the Newtonian equations of motion for systems with hundreds to millions of particles. . It is primarily designed for biochemical molecules like proteins and lipids that have a lot of complicated bonded interactions, but since GROMACS is extremely fast at calculating the nonbonded interactions (that usually dominate simulations) many groups are also using it for research on non- biological systems, e.g. polymers. . This package contains header files and static libraries for development purposes, plus sample Makefiles. Development components for MPI-enabled builds are contained within the gromacs-mpich and gromacs-lam packages. Homepage: http://www.gromacs.org/
Distro:Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Release:
Repo/Section:universe/devel

How to install gromacs-dev on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?

Install gromacs-dev on Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install gromacs-dev

First of all update your system with the command:

sudo apt-get update

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Above command will download the package lists for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on your system. This will update the list of newest versions of packages and its dependencies on your system.

After downloading the latest package list with the help of above you can run the installation process.

If gromacs-dev is not installed on your compter then the command 'dpkg -L gromacs-dev' will give followin error.

deepak@deepak-VirtualBox:~$ dpkg -L gromacs-dev
Package `gromacs-dev' is not installed.
Use dpkg --info (= dpkg-deb --info) to examine archive files,
and dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) to list their contents.
deepak@deepak-VirtualBox:~$ 

Installing gromacs-dev:

After system update use the following command to install gromacs-dev:

sudo apt-get install gromacs-dev

Above command will confirm before installing the package on your Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Operating System. If you are not already logged in as su, installer will ask you the root password. After completion of the installation you can use the package on your system.

How to uninstall/remove gromacs-dev from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?

Now we will see the commands for uninstalling the gromacs-dev from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. For uninstalling this package you can easily use the apt command and remove the package from Linux Operating System.

To remove the gromacs-dev following command is used:

sudo apt-get remove  gromacs-dev

Following command is used to remove the gromacs-dev package along with its dependencies:

sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove gromacs-dev

This will remove gromacs-dev and all its dependent packages which is no longer needed in the system.

Completely removing gromacs-dev with all configuration files:

Following command should be used with care as it deletes all the configuration files and data:

sudo apt-get purge gromacs-dev

or you can use following command also:

sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove gromacs-dev

Above command will remove all the configuration files and data associated with gromacs-dev package. You can can't recover the delete data, so, use this command with care.