How To Install dcm2nii on Debian 11

One-liner install command

For those in a hurry, here's a one-line installation command:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt -y install mricron

But if you are interested in the detailed steps with descriptions, the following information is for you.

What is dcm2nii and what are the ways to install it?

Before beginning this tutorial, you will need access to a server or computer running Debian 11. This guide was written specifically with a server running Debian 11 in mind, although it should also work on older, supported versions of the operating system.

Also, make sure you are running a regular, non-root user with sudo privileges configured on your server. When you have an account available, log in as your non-root user to begin.

There are several ways to install dcm2nii on Debian 11. You can use (links are clickable):

In the following sections, we will describe each method in detail. You can choose one of them or refer to the recommended one.

Install dcm2nii using apt-get

First, update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt-get database, You can install dcm2nii using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install mricron

Install dcm2nii using apt

Because dcm2nii is available in Debian 11’s default repositories, it is possible to install it from these repositories using the apt packaging system.

To begin, update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, You can install dcm2nii using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install mricron

Install dcm2nii 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 Debian 11. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating aptitude database, You can install dcm2nii by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mricron

How to upgrade (update) a single package dcm2nii using apt-get?

First, you will need to update packages index. Run update command as usual:

sudo apt-get update

Next, to upgrade only the dcm2nii, e.g. single package, you should use the following format with the apt-get command/apt command:

sudo apt-get --only-upgrade install mricron

Note that this command will not install any new packages! If you wish to install the package if it doesn't exist you may leave out --only-upgrade part.

sudo apt-get install mricron

How To Uninstall dcm2nii from Debian 11

To uninstall only the dcm2nii package you can execute the following command:

sudo apt-get remove mricron

Uninstall dcm2nii and all its dependencies

To uninstall dcm2nii and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, you can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mricron

Remove dcm2nii with all configurations and data

To remove dcm2nii configuration and data from your system you can run the following purge command:

sudo apt-get -y purge mricron

Remove dcm2nii completely (configurations, data and all of its dependencies)

And lastly, you can run the next command to remove absolutely everything related to dcm2nii package, e.g.: configurations, data and all of its dependencies. Just use this command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mricron

Extra info and code examples

This is a GUI-based visualization and analysis tool for (functional) magnetic resonance imaging. MRIcron can be used to create 2D or 3D renderings of statistical overlay maps on brain anatomy images. Moreover, it aids drawing anatomical regions-of-interest (ROI), or lesion mapping, as well as basic analysis of functional timeseries (e.g. creating plots of peristimulus signal-change). In addition to 'mricron', this package also provides 'dcm2nii' that supports converting DICOM and PAR/REC images into the NIfTI format, and 'npm' for non-parametric data analysis.

Conclusion

You now have a full guide on how to install dcm2nii using apt, apt-get and aptitude tools. Also, we showed how to update as a single package and different ways to uninstall the dcm2nii from Debian 11.

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