How To Install python-mia on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-mia on Ubuntu 18.04. python-mia is Python-2 bindings for the MIA image processing library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-mia on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is python-mia

python-mia is:

MIA comprises a set of tools, libraries, and plug-ins for general purpose 2D and 3D gray scale image processing and basic handling of triangular meshes. The libraries provide a basic infrastructure and generic algorithms, that can be specialized by specifying the appropriate plug-ins. This package provides the Python-2 bindings.

There are three methods to install python-mia on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install python-mia Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-mia

Install python-mia Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-mia

Install python-mia Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-mia

How To Uninstall python-mia on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the python-mia package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python-mia

Uninstall python-mia And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-mia and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-mia

Remove python-mia Configurations and Data

To remove python-mia configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-mia

Remove python-mia configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-mia

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-mia package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.