# dcm2niix mit Homebrew, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix installieren

Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für dcm2niix in AI-Agent-Workflows.

## Installation

```sh
sudo av install brew:dcm2niix
```

Weitere Installationsbefehle:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install dcm2niix
```

  Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install dcm2niix
```

  Evidenz: MacPorts ports tree: science/dcm2niix/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install dcm2niix
```

  Evidenz: Debian stable package indexes: dcm2niix from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install dcm2niix
```

  Evidenz: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: dcm2niix from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#dcm2niix
```

  Evidenz: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/dc/dcm2niix/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Paketfakten

- **Paketschlüssel:** brew:dcm2niix
- **Paketmanager:** Homebrew
- **Paketmanager-Seite:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/dcm2niix>
- **Version:** 1.0.20260416
- **Quellzusammenfassung:** DICOM to NIfTI converter
- **Homepage:** <https://www.nitrc.org/plugins/mwiki/index.php/dcm2nii:MainPage>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/rordenlab/dcm2niix>
- **Upstream-Dokumentation:** <https://github.com/rordenlab/dcm2niix/blob/master/docs/source/dcm2niix.rst>
- **Lizenz:** BSD-3-Clause
- **Quellarchiv:** <https://github.com/rordenlab/dcm2niix/archive/refs/tags/v1.0.20260416.tar.gz>
- **Zuletzt aktualisiert:** 2026-05-07T20:43:44Z
- **Generiert:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00

## Executables

- dcm2niix (cli)
- dcm2niix (Alias)

## Build-Abhängigkeiten

- cmake

## Installationsverhalten

- Post-install-Hook: nicht definiert
- Bottle: verfügbar auf arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux

## Version und Aktualität

- Seite generiert: 2026-07-08
- Manager-Version: 1.0.20260416
- Manager aktualisiert: 2026-05-07
- lokale Daten: OK
- Upstream-Repository: https://github.com/rordenlab/dcm2niix
- neueste erkannte Version: v1.0.20260416 (aktuell)
## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

dcm2niix is a command-line DICOM-to-NIfTI converter for neuroimaging data. The official README frames the problem plainly: medical imaging devices usually save DICOM, while many scientific tools expect the simpler NIfTI format.

### Projektgeschichte

The GitHub repository was created in 2014 and hosts developmental source code, while stable compiled builds are distributed through GitHub releases and MRIcroGL. The project also documents a NITRC wiki/manual lineage under the dcm2nii name, with dcm2nii listed as the deprecated predecessor for older images and dcm2niix positioned as the modern converter.

### Adoptionsgeschichte

dcm2niix became central to neuroimaging data conversion because it handles DICOM vendor variation, writes NIfTI outputs, and can generate BIDS sidecar JSON. The official README explicitly calls it a core dependency of BIDS converters and lists many wrappers, research pipelines, GUI tools, and platforms that invoke it.

### Wie es verwendet wird

Typical package-manager usage is a simple conversion command against a DICOM folder, optionally selecting output directory, filename format, gzip compression, anonymized BIDS sidecars, and vendor-specific conversion behavior. The CLI also has a defaults file mode and can use pigz for faster compression when available.

### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

dcm2niix is significant because it is the boring executable underneath a large amount of modern neuroimaging workflow automation. Packagers care about it because one small binary unlocks reproducible import into NIfTI and BIDS-oriented pipelines across Linux, macOS, and Windows.

### Zeitleiste

- 2014: Official GitHub repository created.
- 2016: README cites the DICOM-to-NIfTI conversion methods paper by Li, Morgan, Ashburner, Smith, and Rorden.
- 2010s-2020s: README documents adoption by many BIDS converters and neuroimaging pipelines.
- 2026: Official GitHub API metadata shows repository activity continuing into June 2026.

### Related projects

- The README names dcm2nii as the deprecated predecessor and MRIcroGL as a distribution path. It also links dcm2niix to BIDS converters and many neuroimaging tools that shell out to the converter.

### Quellen

- <https://github.com/rordenlab/dcm2niix>
- <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rordenlab/dcm2niix/master/README.md>
- <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rordenlab/dcm2niix/master/docs/source/dcm2niix.rst>
- <https://api.github.com/repos/rordenlab/dcm2niix>


## Sicherheitshinweise

Für dcm2niix wurde kein passendes lokales Secret-Handling-Manifest gefunden. Nucleus-Paketmetadaten bleiben hier veröffentlicht, damit künftige Abdeckung eine stabile Paket-URL hat.


## Details aus der Quelldatenbank

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** dcm2niix
- **Version Scheme:** 1
- **Revision:** 0
- **Head Version:** HEAD
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** head, stable

## Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

- Debian apt - dcm2niix - 1.0.20241211-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: dcm2niix from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | next generation DICOM to NIfTI converter | https://github.com/rordenlab/dcm2niix
- Nix - dcm2niix: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/dc/dcm2niix/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - dcm2niix - 1.0.20220720-1build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: dcm2niix from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | next generation DICOM to NIfTI converter | https://github.com/rordenlab/dcm2niix
- dnf - dcm2niix - 1.0.20260416-2.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: dcm2niix from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | DICOM to NIfTI converter | https://www.nitrc.org/plugins/mwiki/index.php/dcm2nii:MainPage
- dnf - python3-dcm2niix - 1.0.20260416-2.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: python3-dcm2niix from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Thin wrapper around dcm2niix binary | https://www.nitrc.org/plugins/mwiki/index.php/dcm2nii:MainPage
- MacPorts - dcm2niix: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: science/dcm2niix/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1


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## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/dcm2niix.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/dcm2niix.yml)


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- package relationship graph
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