How To Install imagej on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install imagej on Ubuntu 22.04. imagej is Image processing program with a focus on microscopy images

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install imagej on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is imagej

imagej is:

It can display, edit, analyze, process, save and print 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit images. It can read many image formats including TIFF, GIF, JPEG, BMP, DICOM, FITS and “raw”. It supports “stacks”, a series of images that share a single window.

It can calculate area and pixel value statistics of user-defined selections. It can measure distances and angles. It can create density histograms and line profile plots. It supports standard image processing functions such as contrast manipulation, sharpening, smoothing, edge detection and median filtering.

Spatial calibration is available to provide real world dimensional measurements in units such as millimeters. Density or gray scale calibration is also available.

ImageJ is developed by Wayne Rasband ([email protected]), is at the Research Services Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.

There are three methods to install imagej on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install imagej Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install imagej

Install imagej Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install imagej

Install imagej 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 imagej using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install imagej

How To Uninstall imagej on Ubuntu 22.04

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

sudo apt-get remove imagej

Uninstall imagej And Its Dependencies

To uninstall imagej and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove imagej

Remove imagej Configurations and Data

To remove imagej configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge imagej

Remove imagej configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge imagej

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install imagej package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.