How To Install libniftiio-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libniftiio-dev on Kali Linux. libniftiio-dev is development low-level IO libraries for the NIfTI-1 data format (niftiio)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libniftiio-dev on Kali Linux.

What is libniftiio-dev

libniftiio-dev is:

Niftilib is a set of i/o libraries for reading and writing files in the NIfTI-1 data format. NIfTI-1 is a binary file format for storing medical image data, e.g. magnetic resonance image (MRI) and functional MRI (fMRI) brain images.

This package provides the header files and static libraries of libniftiio.

There are three methods to install libniftiio-dev on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libniftiio-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 libniftiio-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libniftiio-dev

Install libniftiio-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libniftiio-dev

Install libniftiio-dev Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install libniftiio-dev

How To Uninstall libniftiio-dev on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libniftiio-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libniftiio-dev

Uninstall libniftiio-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libniftiio-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libniftiio-dev

Remove libniftiio-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libniftiio-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libniftiio-dev

Remove libniftiio-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libniftiio-dev

Dependencies

libniftiio-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libniftiio-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.