How To Install ismrmrd-tools on Debian 10

Learn how to install ismrmrd-tools on Debian 10 with this tutorial. ismrmrd-tools is command-line tools for ISMRMRD

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ismrmrd-tools on Debian 10.

What is ismrmrd-tools

ismrmrd-tools is:

The ISMRMRD format combines a mix of flexible data structures (XML header) and fixed structures (equivalent to C-structs) to represent MRI data.

In addition, the ISMRMRD format also specifies an image header for storing reconstructed images and the accompanying C++ library provides a convenient way of writing such images into HDF5 files along with generic arrays for storing less well defined data structures, e.g. coil sensitivity maps or other calibration data.

This package provides the command-line tools.

There are three methods to install ismrmrd-tools on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install ismrmrd-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 ismrmrd-tools using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install ismrmrd-tools

Install ismrmrd-tools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ismrmrd-tools

Install ismrmrd-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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install ismrmrd-tools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ismrmrd-tools

How To Uninstall ismrmrd-tools on Debian 10

To uninstall only the ismrmrd-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ismrmrd-tools

Uninstall ismrmrd-tools And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ismrmrd-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ismrmrd-tools

Remove ismrmrd-tools Configurations and Data

To remove ismrmrd-tools configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ismrmrd-tools

Remove ismrmrd-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ismrmrd-tools

Dependencies

ismrmrd-tools have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ismrmrd-tools package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.