How To Install biosig-tools on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install biosig-tools on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is biosig-tools
biosig-tools is:
Based on BioSig library, this package provides command line tools, such as
- save2gdf: converter between different file formats, including but not limited to SCP-ECG(EN1064), HL7aECG (FDA-XML), GDF, EDF, BDF, CWFB. save2gdf can be also used to upload or retrieve data from a bscs server.
There are three methods to install biosig-tools 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 biosig-tools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install biosig-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install biosig-tools
Install biosig-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install biosig-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install biosig-tools
Install biosig-tools 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 biosig-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install biosig-tools
How To Uninstall biosig-tools on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the biosig-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove biosig-tools
Uninstall biosig-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall biosig-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove biosig-tools
Remove biosig-tools Configurations and Data
To remove biosig-tools configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge biosig-tools
Remove biosig-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove biosig-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge biosig-tools
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install biosig-tools package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.