How To Install mriconvert on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mriconvert
on Ubuntu 20.04.
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 Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install 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 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 mriconvert
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mriconvert
How To Uninstall mriconvert on Ubuntu 20.04
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 Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mriconvert
Remove mriconvert Configurations and Data
To remove mriconvert
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 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
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mriconvert
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.