Installing imagej on Ubuntu 17.04 LTS

Example of installing imagej on Ubuntu 17.04 LTS using the command sudo apt-get install imagej.


 

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Quick installation of imagej:

Step 1: Update system:

	sudo apt-get update

Step 2: Install: imagej

Ater updaing the OS run following command to install the packae:

	sudo apt-get install imagej

Package Details

Package:imagej
Version:1.50i+dfsg-1
Maintainer:Ubuntu Developers
Home page:http://imagej.nih.gov/ij
Description:Image processing program inspired by NIH Image 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.
Distro:Ubuntu 17.04
Release:
Repo/Section:universe/science

How to install imagej on Ubuntu 17.04?

First of all update your system with the command:

sudo apt-get update

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Above command will download the package lists for Ubuntu 17.04 on your system. This will update the list of newest versions of packages and its dependencies on your system.

After downloading the latest package list with the help of above you can run the installation process.

If imagej is not installed on your compter then the command 'dpkg -L imagej' will give followin error.

deepak@deepak-VirtualBox:~$ dpkg -L imagej
dpkg-query: package 'imagej' is not installed
Use dpkg --info (= dpkg-deb --info) to examine archive files,
and dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) to list their contents.
deepak@deepak-VirtualBox:~$ 

Installing imagej:

After system update use the following command to install imagej:

sudo apt-get install imagej

Above command will confirm before installing the package on your Ubuntu 17.04 Operating System. If you are not already logged in as su, installer will ask you the root password. After completion of the installation you can use the package on your system.

How to uninstall/remove imagej from Ubuntu 17.04?

Now we will see the commands for uninstalling the imagej from Ubuntu 17.04. For uninstalling this package you can easily use the apt command and remove the package from Linux Operating System.

To remove the imagej following command is used:

sudo apt-get remove  imagej

Following command is used to remove the imagej package along with its dependencies:

sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove imagej

This will remove imagej and all its dependent packages which is no longer needed in the system.

Completely removing imagej with all configuration files:

Following command should be used with care as it deletes all the configuration files and data:

sudo apt-get purge imagej

or you can use following command also:

sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove imagej

Above command will remove all the configuration files and data associated with imagej package. You can can't recover the delete data, so, use this command with care.