How To Install libminc-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libminc-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libminc-dev
libminc-dev is:
This package contains the library and headers for libminc2 and libminc_io.
The Minc file format is a highly flexible medical image file format. Minc version 1 is built on top of the NetCDF generalized data format. Minc version 2 is built on top of the HDF data format. This library handles both formats. In each case the format is simple, self-describing, extensible, portable and N-dimensional, with programming interfaces for both low-level data access and high-level volume manipulation. On top of the libraries is a suite of generic image-file manipulation tools. The format, libraries and tools are designed for use in a medical-imaging research environment : they are simple and powerful and make no attempt to provide a pretty interface to users.
There are three methods to install libminc-dev 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 libminc-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libminc-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libminc-dev
Install libminc-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libminc-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libminc-dev
Install libminc-dev 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 libminc-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libminc-dev
How To Uninstall libminc-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libminc-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libminc-dev
Uninstall libminc-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libminc-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libminc-dev
Remove libminc-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libminc-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libminc-dev
Remove libminc-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libminc-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libminc-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libminc-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
