How To Install mricron-data on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install mricron-data on Ubuntu 18.04. mricron-data is data files for MRIcron

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mricron-data on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is mricron-data

mricron-data is:

This is a GUI-based visualization and analysis tool for (functional) magnetic resonance imaging. MRIcron can be used to create 2D or 3D renderings of statistical overlay maps on brain anatomy images. Moreover, it aids drawing anatomical regions-of-interest (ROI), or lesion mapping, as well as basic analysis of functional timeseries (e.g. creating plots of peristimulus signal-change).

This package provides data files for MRIcron, such as brain atlases, anatomy, and color schemes.

There are three methods to install mricron-data 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 mricron-data Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install mricron-data

Install mricron-data Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install mricron-data

Install mricron-data 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 mricron-data using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mricron-data

How To Uninstall mricron-data on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the mricron-data package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove mricron-data

Uninstall mricron-data And Its Dependencies

To uninstall mricron-data and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mricron-data

Remove mricron-data Configurations and Data

To remove mricron-data configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge mricron-data

Remove mricron-data configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mricron-data

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mricron-data package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.