How To Install python-gdcm on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-gdcm on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-gdcm
python-gdcm 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.
Python bindings to the GDCM DICOM library.
There are three methods to install python-gdcm on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install python-gdcm Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python-gdcm using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-gdcm
Install python-gdcm Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-gdcm using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-gdcm
Install python-gdcm 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 python-gdcm using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-gdcm
How To Uninstall python-gdcm on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-gdcm package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-gdcm
Uninstall python-gdcm And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-gdcm and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-gdcm
Remove python-gdcm Configurations and Data
To remove python-gdcm configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-gdcm
Remove python-gdcm configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-gdcm configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-gdcm
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-gdcm package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
