How To Install xmedcon on Fedora 34

xmedcon is A medical image conversion utility and library A medical image conversion utility and library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install xmedcon on Fedora 34.

What is xmedcon

This project stands for Medical Image Conversion and is released under the GNU’s (L)GPL license. It bundles the C source code, a library, a flexible command-line utility and a graphical front-end based on the amazing Gtk+ toolkit. Its main purpose is image conversion while preserving valuable medical study information. The currently supported formats are Analyze (SPM), Concorde/uPET, DICOM 3.0, CTI ECAT 6/7, InterFile 3.3 and PNG or Gif87a/89a towards desktop applications. xmedcon 0.16.2 4.fc34 x86_64 388 k xmedcon-0.16.2-4.fc34.src.rpm fedora A medical image conversion utility and library http LGPLv2+ and Copyright only and MIT and BSD and libtiff This project stands for Medical Image Conversion and is released under the GNU’s (L)GPL license. It bundles the C source code, a library, a flexible command-line utility and a graphical front-end based on the amazing Gtk+ toolkit. Its main purpose is image conversion while preserving valuable medical study information. The currently supported formats are Analyze (SPM), Concorde/uPET, DICOM 3.0, CTI ECAT 6/7, InterFile 3.3 and PNG or Gif87a/89a towards desktop applications.

We can use yum or dnf to install xmedcon on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install xmedcon.

Install xmedcon on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install xmedcon using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install xmedcon

Install xmedcon on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install xmedcon using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install xmedcon

How To Uninstall xmedcon on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the xmedcon package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove xmedcon

xmedcon Package Contents on Fedora 34

/etc/xmedconrc
/usr/bin/medcon
/usr/bin/xmedcon
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/01
/usr/lib/.build-id/01/311773aa5dae3c7d68e8b5cb06616f989aec67
/usr/lib/.build-id/21
/usr/lib/.build-id/21/5b8bb35d80a3e0512b4d3cbccb9b2fc1acdda0
/usr/lib/.build-id/6e
/usr/lib/.build-id/6e/166f4f0ac92c902ddd9729f141416178b45cd6
/usr/lib/libmdc.so.3
/usr/lib/libmdc.so.3.0.0
/usr/share/appdata/xmedcon.appdata.xml
/usr/share/applications/xmedcon.desktop
/usr/share/doc/xmedcon
/usr/share/doc/xmedcon/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/xmedcon/README
/usr/share/doc/xmedcon/REMARKS
/usr/share/doc/xmedcon/xmedconrc.linux
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/xmedcon.png
/usr/share/licenses/xmedcon
/usr/share/licenses/xmedcon/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/xmedcon/COPYING.LIB
/usr/share/man/man1/medcon.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xmedcon-config.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xmedcon.1.gz
/etc/xmedconrc
/usr/bin/medcon
/usr/bin/xmedcon
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/60
/usr/lib/.build-id/60/c0c146dbc2b2fc09450862d2d85846e97dca97
/usr/lib/.build-id/70
/usr/lib/.build-id/70/487ff30c4b679b87689a0607bccea3c044a2be
/usr/lib/.build-id/d7
/usr/lib/.build-id/d7/4045f15ebd62bfeb8de08df05467ad04e2bbdd
/usr/lib64/libmdc.so.3
/usr/lib64/libmdc.so.3.0.0
/usr/share/appdata/xmedcon.appdata.xml
/usr/share/applications/xmedcon.desktop
/usr/share/doc/xmedcon
/usr/share/doc/xmedcon/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/xmedcon/README
/usr/share/doc/xmedcon/REMARKS
/usr/share/doc/xmedcon/xmedconrc.linux
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/xmedcon.png
/usr/share/licenses/xmedcon
/usr/share/licenses/xmedcon/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/xmedcon/COPYING.LIB
/usr/share/man/man1/medcon.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xmedcon-config.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xmedcon.1.gz

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install xmedcon on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.