How To Install mriconvert on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mriconvert on Ubuntu 22.04.
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 22.04. 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 22.04
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 22.04, 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 22.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mriconvert package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.