How To Install libvtkgdcm3.0 on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvtkgdcm3.0 on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is libvtkgdcm3.0
libvtkgdcm3.0 is:
Grassroots DiCoM is a C++ library for DICOM medical files. It is automatically wrapped to python/C#/Java (using swig). It supports RAW,JPEG (lossy/lossless),J2K,JPEG-LS, RLE and deflated.
Libvtkgdcm is a library that quickly allow programmer to use GDCM from a VTK environment.
There are three methods to install libvtkgdcm3.0 on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libvtkgdcm3.0 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libvtkgdcm3.0 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libvtkgdcm3.0
Install libvtkgdcm3.0 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libvtkgdcm3.0 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libvtkgdcm3.0
Install libvtkgdcm3.0 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libvtkgdcm3.0 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libvtkgdcm3.0
How To Uninstall libvtkgdcm3.0 on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the libvtkgdcm3.0 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libvtkgdcm3.0
Uninstall libvtkgdcm3.0 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libvtkgdcm3.0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libvtkgdcm3.0
Remove libvtkgdcm3.0 Configurations and Data
To remove libvtkgdcm3.0 configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libvtkgdcm3.0
Remove libvtkgdcm3.0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libvtkgdcm3.0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libvtkgdcm3.0
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvtkgdcm3.0 package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
