How To Install sigviewer on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install sigviewer on Debian 11. sigviewer is GUI viewer for biosignals such as EEG, EMG, and ECG

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install sigviewer on Debian 11.

What is sigviewer

sigviewer is:

SigViewer is a viewing and scoring software for biomedical signal data. It relies on biosig4c++ library which supports a number of data formats (including EDF, BDF, GDF, BrainVision, BCI2000, CFWB, HL7aECG, SCP_ECG (EN1064), MFER, ACQ, CNT(Neuroscan), DEMG, EGI, EEG1100, FAMOS, SigmaPLpro, TMS32). The complete list of supported file formats is available at http://pub.ist.ac.at/~schloegl/biosig/TESTED .

Besides displaying biosignals, SigViewer supports creating annotations to select artifacts or specific events.

There are three methods to install sigviewer on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install sigviewer Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install sigviewer

Install sigviewer Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install sigviewer using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install sigviewer

Install sigviewer 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install sigviewer

How To Uninstall sigviewer on Debian 11

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

sudo apt-get remove sigviewer

Uninstall sigviewer And Its Dependencies

To uninstall sigviewer and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove sigviewer

Remove sigviewer Configurations and Data

To remove sigviewer configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge sigviewer

Remove sigviewer configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sigviewer

Dependencies

sigviewer have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install sigviewer package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.