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If you are using Linux, you can alternatively access NBIA Data Retriever's command-line interface, which does not require the desktop environment.
If you do not already have the NBIA Data Retriever installed on your Linux machine, do the following.
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# install NBIA Data Retriever command line software for downloading images
!mkdir /usr/share/desktop-directories/
!wget -P /content/NBIA-Data-Retriever https://cbiit-download.nci.nih.gov/nbia/releases/ForTCIA/NBIADataRetriever_4.2/nbia-data-retriever-4.2.deb
!dpkg -i /content/NBIA-Data-Retriever/nbia-data-retriever-4.2.deb
# If you are using a machine that doesn't support .deb packages, you can change the wget line above to point to https://cbiit-download.nci.nih.gov/nbia/releases/ForTCIA/NBIADataRetriever_4.2/NBIADataRetriever-4.2-1.x86_64.rpm. |
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In the two sample commands that follow, the -l <credential file> option is only required when the manifest file contains series from restricted collections. It is unnecessary when the manifest file only contains series from public collections. |
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