How To Install neuron on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install neuron on Ubuntu 22.04. neuron is Simulation environment for computational models of neurons

Introduction

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

What is neuron

neuron is:

NEURON is a simulation environment for modeling individual neurons and networks of neurons. It provides tools for conveniently building, managing, and using models in a way that is numerically sound and computationally efficient. It is particularly well-suited to problems that are closely linked to experimental data, especially those that involve cells with complex anatomical and biophysical properties.

NEURON offers

  • “natural syntax”, which allows one to specify model properties in familiar idioms
  • efficient and painless spatial and temporal discretization
  • several different, user-selectable numerical integration methods
  • convenient user interface (interpreters + GUI)
  • user-extendable library of biophysical mechanisms

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install neuron

Install neuron Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install neuron

Install neuron 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 neuron using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install neuron

How To Uninstall neuron on Ubuntu 22.04

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

sudo apt-get remove neuron

Uninstall neuron And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove neuron

Remove neuron Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge neuron

Remove neuron configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge neuron

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Summary

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