How To Install dcm2niix on Fedora 34

dcm2niix is DICOM to NIfTI converter

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dcm2niix on Fedora 34.

What is dcm2niix

dcm2niix is a tool designed to convert neuroimaging data from the NIfTI format to the DICOM format.

We can use yum or dnf to install dcm2niix on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install dcm2niix.

Install dcm2niix on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install dcm2niix using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install dcm2niix

Install dcm2niix on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install dcm2niix using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install dcm2niix

How To Uninstall dcm2niix on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the dcm2niix package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove dcm2niix

dcm2niix Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/dcm2niibatch
/usr/bin/dcm2niix
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/2a
/usr/lib/.build-id/2a/c00a932f8ab3a1aa745bc2f61c418cea3114f9
/usr/lib/.build-id/41
/usr/lib/.build-id/41/bde56c20c64a716540ddc3ec3fbf4b4657250c
/usr/share/doc/dcm2niix
/usr/share/doc/dcm2niix/README.md
/usr/share/doc/dcm2niix/VERSIONS.md
/usr/share/licenses/dcm2niix
/usr/share/licenses/dcm2niix/license.txt
/usr/share/man/man1/dcm2niibatch.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/dcm2niix.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install dcm2niix on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.