How To Install python3-odil on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-odil on Kali Linux. python3-odil is C++11 library for the DICOM standard (Python 3 wrappers)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-odil on Kali Linux.

What is python3-odil

python3-odil is:

Odil leverages C++ constructs to provide a user-friendly API of the different parts of the DICOM standard. Included in Odil are exception-based error handling, generic access to datasets elements, standard JSON and XML representation of datasets, and generic implementation of messages, clients and servers for the various DICOM protocols.

This package contains the Python 3 wrappers.

There are three methods to install python3-odil on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install python3-odil Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-odil using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-odil

Install python3-odil Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-odil using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python3-odil

Install python3-odil Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-odil using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python3-odil

How To Uninstall python3-odil on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the python3-odil package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python3-odil

Uninstall python3-odil And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-odil and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-odil

Remove python3-odil Configurations and Data

To remove python3-odil configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-odil

Remove python3-odil configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python3-odil configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-odil

Dependencies

python3-odil have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-odil package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.