How To Install libminc2-4.0.0 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libminc2-4.0.0 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libminc2-4.0.0
libminc2-4.0.0 is:
This package contains the libraries 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 libminc2-4.0.0 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 libminc2-4.0.0 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libminc2-4.0.0 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libminc2-4.0.0
Install libminc2-4.0.0 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libminc2-4.0.0 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libminc2-4.0.0
Install libminc2-4.0.0 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 libminc2-4.0.0 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libminc2-4.0.0
How To Uninstall libminc2-4.0.0 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libminc2-4.0.0 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libminc2-4.0.0
Uninstall libminc2-4.0.0 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libminc2-4.0.0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libminc2-4.0.0
Remove libminc2-4.0.0 Configurations and Data
To remove libminc2-4.0.0 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libminc2-4.0.0
Remove libminc2-4.0.0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libminc2-4.0.0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libminc2-4.0.0
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libminc2-4.0.0 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
