How To Install python-vtkgdcm on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-vtkgdcm on Debian 9.
What is python-vtkgdcm
python-vtkgdcm 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.
VTK/Python bindings to the GDCM DICOM library.
There are three methods to install python-vtkgdcm 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 python-vtkgdcm 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-vtkgdcm using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-vtkgdcm
Install python-vtkgdcm Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-vtkgdcm using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-vtkgdcm
Install python-vtkgdcm 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 python-vtkgdcm using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-vtkgdcm
How To Uninstall python-vtkgdcm on Debian 9
To uninstall only the python-vtkgdcm package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-vtkgdcm
Uninstall python-vtkgdcm And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-vtkgdcm and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-vtkgdcm
Remove python-vtkgdcm Configurations and Data
To remove python-vtkgdcm configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-vtkgdcm
Remove python-vtkgdcm configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-vtkgdcm configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-vtkgdcm
Dependencies
python-vtkgdcm have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-vtkgdcm package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
