How To Install python-nifti on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-nifti on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-nifti is Python interface to the NIfTI I/O libraries

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-nifti on Debian 10.

What is python-nifti

python-nifti is:

Using PyNIfTI one can easily read and write NIfTI and ANALYZE images from within Python. The NiftiImage class provides Python-style access to the full header information. Image data is made available via NumPy arrays.

There are three methods to install python-nifti on Debian 10. 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-nifti 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-nifti using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python-nifti

Install python-nifti Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-nifti

Install python-nifti 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-nifti

How To Uninstall python-nifti on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove python-nifti

Uninstall python-nifti And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-nifti and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-nifti

Remove python-nifti Configurations and Data

To remove python-nifti configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-nifti

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-nifti have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-nifti package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.