How To Install python-pyxnat on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-pyxnat on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-pyxnat is Interface to access neuroimaging data on XNAT servers

Introduction

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

What is python-pyxnat

python-pyxnat is:

pyxnat is a simple Python library that relies on the REST API provided by the XNAT platform since its 1.4 version. XNAT is an extensible database for neuroimaging data. The main objective is to ease communications with an XNAT server to plug-in external tools or Python scripts to process the data. It features:

  • resources browsing capabilities
  • read and write access to resources
  • complex searches
  • disk-caching of requested files and resources

There are three methods to install python-pyxnat 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-pyxnat 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-pyxnat using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python-pyxnat

Install python-pyxnat Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-pyxnat

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-pyxnat

How To Uninstall python-pyxnat on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove python-pyxnat

Uninstall python-pyxnat And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-pyxnat

Remove python-pyxnat Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-pyxnat

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-pyxnat have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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