How To Install mrtrix on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mrtrix on Debian 10.
What is mrtrix
mrtrix is:
Set of tools to perform diffusion-weighted MRI white matter tractography of the brain in the presence of crossing fibres, using Constrained Spherical Deconvolution, and a probabilisitic streamlines algorithm. Magnetic resonance images in DICOM, ANALYZE, or uncompressed NIfTI format are supported.
There are three methods to install mrtrix on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install mrtrix Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mrtrix using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mrtrix
Install mrtrix Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mrtrix using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mrtrix
Install mrtrix 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 mrtrix using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mrtrix
How To Uninstall mrtrix on Debian 10
To uninstall only the mrtrix package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mrtrix
Uninstall mrtrix And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mrtrix and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mrtrix
Remove mrtrix Configurations and Data
To remove mrtrix configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mrtrix
Remove mrtrix configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mrtrix configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mrtrix
Dependencies
mrtrix have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mrtrix package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
