How To Install mriconvert on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install mriconvert on Kali Linux. mriconvert is medical image file conversion utility

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mriconvert on Kali Linux.

What is mriconvert

mriconvert is:

MRIConvert is a medical image file conversion utility that converts DICOM files to NIfTI 1.1, Analyze 7.5, SPM99/Analyze, BrainVoyager, and MetaImage volume formats.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install mriconvert

Install mriconvert Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install mriconvert

Install mriconvert 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 mriconvert using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mriconvert

How To Uninstall mriconvert on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove mriconvert

Uninstall mriconvert And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mriconvert

Remove mriconvert Configurations and Data

To remove mriconvert configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge mriconvert

Remove mriconvert configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mriconvert

Dependencies

mriconvert have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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