How To Install odin on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install odin on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is odin
odin is:
ODIN is a framework for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). It covers the whole toolchain of MRI, from low-level data acquisition to image reconstruction. In particular, it aims at rapid prototyping of MRI sequences. The sequences can be programmed using a high-level, object oriented, C++ programming interface. It provides advanced sequence analysis tools, such as interactive plotting of k-space trajectories, a user interface for a fast compile-link-test cycle and a powerful MRI simulator which supports different virtual samples. For fast and flexible image reconstruction, ODIN contains a highly customizable, multi-threaded data-processing framework.
There are three methods to install odin 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 odin Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install odin using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install odin
Install odin Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install odin using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install odin
Install odin 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 odin using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install odin
How To Uninstall odin on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the odin package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove odin
Uninstall odin And Its Dependencies
To uninstall odin and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove odin
Remove odin Configurations and Data
To remove odin configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge odin
Remove odin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove odin configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge odin
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install odin package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.