How To Install python3-surfer on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-surfer on Kali Linux. python3-surfer is visualize Freesurfers data in Python3

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-surfer on Kali Linux.

What is python3-surfer

python3-surfer is:

This is a Python3 package for visualization and interaction with cortical surface representations of neuroimaging data from Freesurfer. It extends Mayavi??s powerful visualization engine with a high-level interface for working with MRI and MEG data.

PySurfer offers both a command-line interface designed to broadly replicate Freesurfer??s Tksurfer program as well as a Python library for writing scripts to efficiently explore complex datasets.

There are three methods to install python3-surfer 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 python3-surfer Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-surfer using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-surfer

Install python3-surfer Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-surfer using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python3-surfer

Install python3-surfer 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 python3-surfer using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python3-surfer

How To Uninstall python3-surfer on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the python3-surfer package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python3-surfer

Uninstall python3-surfer And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-surfer and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-surfer

Remove python3-surfer Configurations and Data

To remove python3-surfer configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-surfer

Remove python3-surfer configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python3-surfer configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-surfer

Dependencies

python3-surfer have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-surfer package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.