How To Install invesalius-bin on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install invesalius-bin on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is invesalius-bin
invesalius-bin is:
InVesalius generates 3D medical imaging reconstructions based on a sequence of 2D DICOM files acquired with CT or MRI equipments.
This package contains a compiled implementation of MIDA and some contour based visualizations
There are three methods to install invesalius-bin 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 invesalius-bin Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install invesalius-bin using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install invesalius-bin
Install invesalius-bin Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install invesalius-bin using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install invesalius-bin
Install invesalius-bin 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 invesalius-bin using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install invesalius-bin
How To Uninstall invesalius-bin on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the invesalius-bin package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove invesalius-bin
Uninstall invesalius-bin And Its Dependencies
To uninstall invesalius-bin and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove invesalius-bin
Remove invesalius-bin Configurations and Data
To remove invesalius-bin configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge invesalius-bin
Remove invesalius-bin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove invesalius-bin configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge invesalius-bin
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install invesalius-bin package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
