How To Install libcifti-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcifti-doc on Ubuntu 18.04. libcifti-doc is documentation for CiftiLib

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcifti-doc on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libcifti-doc

libcifti-doc is:

CIFTI (Connectivity Informatics Technology Initiative) standardizes the file formats for storage of connectivity data. These formats are developed by the Human Connectome Project and other interested parties.

CiftiLib is a C++ library for CIFTI-1 and CIFTI-2 file I/O, supporting both on-disk and in-memory access. It also provides facilities for reading and writing generic NIfTI-1 and NIfTI-2 files.

This package provides the documentation.

There are three methods to install libcifti-doc 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 libcifti-doc Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libcifti-doc

Install libcifti-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libcifti-doc

Install libcifti-doc 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 libcifti-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libcifti-doc

How To Uninstall libcifti-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libcifti-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libcifti-doc

Uninstall libcifti-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libcifti-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcifti-doc

Remove libcifti-doc Configurations and Data

To remove libcifti-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libcifti-doc

Remove libcifti-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcifti-doc

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcifti-doc package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.