How To Install voxbo on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install voxbo on Ubuntu 18.04. voxbo is processing, statistical analysis, and display of brain imaging data

Introduction

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

What is voxbo

voxbo is:

This is a toolkit for analysis of functional neuroimaging (chiefly fMRI) experiments and voxel-based lesion-behavior mapping. VoxBo supports the modified GLM (for autocorrelated data), as well as the standard GLM for non-autocorrelated data. The toolkit is designed to be interoperable with AFNI, FSL, SPM and others.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install voxbo

Install voxbo Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install voxbo

Install voxbo 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 voxbo using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install voxbo

How To Uninstall voxbo on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove voxbo

Uninstall voxbo And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove voxbo

Remove voxbo Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge voxbo

Remove voxbo configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge voxbo

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Summary

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