How To Install ballview on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install ballview on Kali Linux. ballview is free molecular modeling and molecular graphics tool

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ballview on Kali Linux.

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 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 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 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 ballview using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ballview

How To Uninstall ballview on Kali Linux

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 Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ballview

Remove ballview Configurations and Data

To remove ballview configuration and data from Kali Linux 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

Dependencies

ballview have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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