How To Install insighttoolkit4-python on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install insighttoolkit4-python on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is insighttoolkit4-python
insighttoolkit4-python is:
ITK is an open-source software toolkit for performing registration and segmentation. Segmentation is the process of identifying and classifying data found in a digitally sampled representation. Typically the sampled representation is an image acquired from such medical instrumentation as CT or MRI scanners. Registration is the task of aligning or developing correspondences between data. For example, in the medical environment, a CT scan may be aligned with a MRI scan in order to combine the information contained in both.
This package contains the Python bindings.
There are three methods to install insighttoolkit4-python 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 insighttoolkit4-python Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install insighttoolkit4-python using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install insighttoolkit4-python
Install insighttoolkit4-python Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install insighttoolkit4-python using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install insighttoolkit4-python
Install insighttoolkit4-python 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 insighttoolkit4-python using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install insighttoolkit4-python
How To Uninstall insighttoolkit4-python on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the insighttoolkit4-python package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove insighttoolkit4-python
Uninstall insighttoolkit4-python And Its Dependencies
To uninstall insighttoolkit4-python and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove insighttoolkit4-python
Remove insighttoolkit4-python Configurations and Data
To remove insighttoolkit4-python configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge insighttoolkit4-python
Remove insighttoolkit4-python configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove insighttoolkit4-python configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge insighttoolkit4-python
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install insighttoolkit4-python package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
