How To Install connectome-workbench on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install connectome-workbench on Ubuntu 22.04. connectome-workbench is brain visualization, analysis and discovery tool

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install connectome-workbench on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is connectome-workbench

connectome-workbench is:

Connectome Workbench is a brain visualization, analysis and discovery tool for fMRI and dMRI brain imaging data, including functional and structural connectivity data generated by the Human Connectome Project.

Package includes wb_command, a command-line program for performing a variety of analytical tasks for volume, surface, and CIFTI grayordinates data.

There are three methods to install connectome-workbench on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install connectome-workbench Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install connectome-workbench

Install connectome-workbench Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install connectome-workbench

Install connectome-workbench 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 connectome-workbench using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install connectome-workbench

How To Uninstall connectome-workbench on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the connectome-workbench package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove connectome-workbench

Uninstall connectome-workbench And Its Dependencies

To uninstall connectome-workbench and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove connectome-workbench

Remove connectome-workbench Configurations and Data

To remove connectome-workbench configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge connectome-workbench

Remove connectome-workbench configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge connectome-workbench

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install connectome-workbench package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.