How To Install edfbrowser on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install edfbrowser on Debian 11.
What is edfbrowser
edfbrowser is:
EDFbrowser is a viewer for medical timeseries storage files containing data such as EEG, EMG, and ECG signals. It supports EDF(+) and BDF(+) file formats. Apart from viewing the files, it also supports some editing operations and can convert the biomedical files to other formats.
There are three methods to install edfbrowser 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 edfbrowser Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install edfbrowser using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install edfbrowser
Install edfbrowser Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install edfbrowser using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install edfbrowser
Install edfbrowser 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 edfbrowser using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install edfbrowser
How To Uninstall edfbrowser on Debian 11
To uninstall only the edfbrowser package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove edfbrowser
Uninstall edfbrowser And Its Dependencies
To uninstall edfbrowser and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove edfbrowser
Remove edfbrowser Configurations and Data
To remove edfbrowser configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge edfbrowser
Remove edfbrowser configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove edfbrowser configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge edfbrowser
Dependencies
edfbrowser have the following dependencies:
- libc6
- libedf1
- libgcc-s1
- libqt5core5a
- libqt5gui5
- libqt5network5
- libqt5printsupport5
- libqt5widgets5
- libstdc++6
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install edfbrowser package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
