How To Install python-biosig on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-biosig on Ubuntu 18.04. python-biosig is Python bindings for BioSig library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-biosig on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is python-biosig

python-biosig is:

This package provides Python bindings for BioSig library. Primary goal – I/O interface to variety of biomedical file formats, including but not limited to SCP-ECG(EN1064), HL7aECG (FDA-XML), GDF, EDF.

There are three methods to install python-biosig 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 python-biosig Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-biosig

Install python-biosig Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-biosig

Install python-biosig 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 python-biosig using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-biosig

How To Uninstall python-biosig on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the python-biosig package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python-biosig

Uninstall python-biosig And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-biosig

Remove python-biosig Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-biosig

Remove python-biosig configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-biosig

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Summary

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