How To Install libgiftiio0 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgiftiio0 on Ubuntu 18.04. libgiftiio0 is IO library for the GIFTI cortical surface data format

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgiftiio0 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libgiftiio0

libgiftiio0 is:

GIFTI is an XML-based file format for cortical surface data. This reference IO implementation is developed by the Neuroimaging Informatics Technology Initiative (NIfTI).

This package contains the shared library.

There are three methods to install libgiftiio0 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 libgiftiio0 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libgiftiio0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libgiftiio0

Install libgiftiio0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libgiftiio0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libgiftiio0

Install libgiftiio0 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 libgiftiio0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libgiftiio0

How To Uninstall libgiftiio0 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libgiftiio0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libgiftiio0

Uninstall libgiftiio0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libgiftiio0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgiftiio0

Remove libgiftiio0 Configurations and Data

To remove libgiftiio0 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libgiftiio0

Remove libgiftiio0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libgiftiio0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgiftiio0

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgiftiio0 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.