# Installer dcm2niix avec Homebrew, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix

Consultez les chemins d'installation, exécutables, métadonnées et notes de sécurité de dcm2niix pour les workflows d'agents IA.

## installation

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

Commandes d'installation supplémentaires:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install dcm2niix
```

  Preuve: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install dcm2niix
```

  Preuve: 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
```

  Preuve: 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
```

  Preuve: 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
```

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

## Faits du paquet

- **Clé du paquet:** brew:dcm2niix
- **Gestionnaire de paquets:** Homebrew
- **Page du gestionnaire de paquets:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/dcm2niix>
- **Version:** 1.0.20260416
- **Résumé source:** DICOM to NIfTI converter
- **Page d'accueil:** <https://www.nitrc.org/plugins/mwiki/index.php/dcm2nii:MainPage>
- **Dépôt:** <https://github.com/rordenlab/dcm2niix>
- **Docs amont:** <https://github.com/rordenlab/dcm2niix/blob/master/docs/source/dcm2niix.rst>
- **Licence:** BSD-3-Clause
- **Archive source:** <https://github.com/rordenlab/dcm2niix/archive/refs/tags/v1.0.20260416.tar.gz>
- **Dernière mise à jour:** 2026-05-07T20:43:44Z
- **Généré:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00

## exécutables

- dcm2niix (cli)
- dcm2niix (alias)

## Dépendances de compilation

- cmake

## Comportement d'installation

- hook post-installation: non défini
- Bouteille: disponible sur arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux

## Version et fraîcheur

- page générée: 2026-07-08
- version du gestionnaire: 1.0.20260416
- gestionnaire mis à jour: 2026-05-07
- données locales: OK
- dépôt amont: https://github.com/rordenlab/dcm2niix
- dernière version détectée: v1.0.20260416 (à jour)
## Historique du projet et usages

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.

### Historique du projet

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.

### Historique d'adoption

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.

### Modes d'utilisation

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.

### Pourquoi les passionnés de paquets s'y intéressent

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.

### Chronologie

- 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.

### Sources

- <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>


## Notes de sécurité

Aucun manifest local de gestion des secrets correspondant n'a été trouvé pour dcm2niix. Les métadonnées de paquet Nucleus restent publiées ici afin que la couverture future dispose d'une URL stable.


## Détails de la base source

- **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

## Autres enregistrements de gestionnaires de paquets

- 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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- Nucleus package database
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- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
