How To Install dcm2niix on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dcm2niix on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is dcm2niix
dcm2niix is:
dcm2niix is the successor of dcm2nii, a popular tool for converting images from the complicated formats used by scanner manufacturers (DICOM, PAR/REC) to the simpler NIfTI format used by many scientific tools. It works for all modalities (CT, MRI, PET, SPECT) and sequence types.
There are three methods to install dcm2niix 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 dcm2niix Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install dcm2niix using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dcm2niix
Install dcm2niix Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dcm2niix using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dcm2niix
Install dcm2niix 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 dcm2niix using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dcm2niix
How To Uninstall dcm2niix on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the dcm2niix package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dcm2niix
Uninstall dcm2niix And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dcm2niix and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dcm2niix
Remove dcm2niix Configurations and Data
To remove dcm2niix configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dcm2niix
Remove dcm2niix configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dcm2niix configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dcm2niix
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dcm2niix package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
