How To Install edfbrowser on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install edfbrowser on Ubuntu 20.04. edfbrowser is viewer for biosignal storage files such as bdf and edf

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install edfbrowser on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is edfbrowser

edfbrowser is:

EDFbrowser is a viewer for medical timeseries storage files containing data such as EEG, EMG, and ECG signals. It supports EDF(+) and BDF(+) file formats. Apart from viewing the files, it also supports some editing operations and can convert the biomedical files to other formats.

There are three methods to install edfbrowser on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install edfbrowser Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install edfbrowser

Install edfbrowser Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install edfbrowser

Install edfbrowser 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 edfbrowser using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install edfbrowser

How To Uninstall edfbrowser on Ubuntu 20.04

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

sudo apt-get remove edfbrowser

Uninstall edfbrowser And Its Dependencies

To uninstall edfbrowser and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove edfbrowser

Remove edfbrowser Configurations and Data

To remove edfbrowser configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge edfbrowser

Remove edfbrowser configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge edfbrowser

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install edfbrowser package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.