How To Install spykeviewer on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install spykeviewer on Ubuntu 18.04. spykeviewer is graphical utility for analyzing electrophysiological data

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install spykeviewer on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is spykeviewer

spykeviewer is:

Spyke Viewer is a multi-platform GUI application for navigating, analyzing and visualizing electrophysiological datasets. Based on the Neo framework, it works with a wide variety of data formats. Spyke Viewer includes an integrated Python console and a plugin system for custom analyses and plots.

There are three methods to install spykeviewer 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 spykeviewer Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install spykeviewer

Install spykeviewer Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install spykeviewer using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install spykeviewer

Install spykeviewer 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 spykeviewer using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install spykeviewer

How To Uninstall spykeviewer on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the spykeviewer package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove spykeviewer

Uninstall spykeviewer And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove spykeviewer

Remove spykeviewer Configurations and Data

To remove spykeviewer configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge spykeviewer

Remove spykeviewer configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge spykeviewer

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Summary

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