How To Install dicomscope-doc on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install dicomscope-doc on Debian 9. dicomscope-doc is OFFIS DICOM Viewer - documentation

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dicomscope-doc on Debian 9.

What is dicomscope-doc

dicomscope-doc is:

DICOMscope is a free DICOM viewer which can display uncompressed, monochrome DICOM images from all modalities and which supports monitor calibration according to DICOM part 14 as well as presentation states.

DICOMscope offers a print client (DICOM Basic Grayscale Print Management) which also implements the optional Presentation LUT SOP Class.

The development of this prototype was commissioned by the “Committee for the Advancement of DICOM” and demonstrated at the European Congress of Radiology ECR 1999. An enhanced version was developed for the “DICOM Display Consistency Demonstration” at RSNA InfoRAD 1999.

The current release has been demonstrated at ECR 2001 and contains numerous extensions, including a print server, support for encrypted DICOM communication, digital signatures and structured reporting.

This is the documentation package for DICOMscope

There are three methods to install dicomscope-doc on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install dicomscope-doc Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install dicomscope-doc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install dicomscope-doc

Install dicomscope-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install dicomscope-doc using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install dicomscope-doc

Install dicomscope-doc 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. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install dicomscope-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install dicomscope-doc

How To Uninstall dicomscope-doc on Debian 9

To uninstall only the dicomscope-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove dicomscope-doc

Uninstall dicomscope-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall dicomscope-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove dicomscope-doc

Remove dicomscope-doc Configurations and Data

To remove dicomscope-doc configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge dicomscope-doc

Remove dicomscope-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove dicomscope-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dicomscope-doc

Dependencies

dicomscope-doc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install dicomscope-doc package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.