How To Install python3-surfer on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-surfer on Debian 12.
What is python3-surfer
python3-surfer is:
This is a Python3 package for visualization and interaction with cortical surface representations of neuroimaging data from Freesurfer. It extends Mayavi??s powerful visualization engine with a high-level interface for working with MRI and MEG data.
PySurfer offers both a command-line interface designed to broadly replicate Freesurfer??s Tksurfer program as well as a Python library for writing scripts to efficiently explore complex datasets.
There are three methods to install python3-surfer on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install python3-surfer Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-surfer using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-surfer
Install python3-surfer Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-surfer using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-surfer
Install python3-surfer 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 python3-surfer using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-surfer
How To Uninstall python3-surfer on Debian 12
To uninstall only the python3-surfer package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-surfer
Uninstall python3-surfer And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-surfer and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-surfer
Remove python3-surfer Configurations and Data
To remove python3-surfer configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-surfer
Remove python3-surfer configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-surfer configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-surfer
Dependencies
python3-surfer have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-surfer package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
