How To Install imagej on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install imagej on Kali Linux.
What is imagej
imagej is:
It can display, edit, analyze, process, save and print 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit images. It can read many image formats including TIFF, GIF, JPEG, BMP, DICOM, FITS and “raw”. It supports “stacks”, a series of images that share a single window.
It can calculate area and pixel value statistics of user-defined selections. It can measure distances and angles. It can create density histograms and line profile plots. It supports standard image processing functions such as contrast manipulation, sharpening, smoothing, edge detection and median filtering.
Spatial calibration is available to provide real world dimensional measurements in units such as millimeters. Density or gray scale calibration is also available.
ImageJ is developed by Wayne Rasband ([email protected]), is at the Research Services Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
There are three methods to install imagej on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install imagej Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install imagej using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install imagejInstall imagej Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install imagej using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install imagejInstall imagej Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude updateAfter updating apt database, We can install imagej using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install imagejHow To Uninstall imagej on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the imagej package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove imagejUninstall imagej And Its Dependencies
To uninstall imagej and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove imagejRemove imagej Configurations and Data
To remove imagej configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge imagejRemove imagej configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove imagej configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge imagejDependencies
imagej have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install imagej package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.