How To Install dcmtk-doc on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install dcmtk-doc on Kali Linux. dcmtk-doc is OFFIS DICOM toolkit documentation

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dcmtk-doc on Kali Linux.

What is dcmtk-doc

DCMTK includes a collection of libraries and applications for examining, constructing and converting DICOM image files, handling offline media, sending and receiving images over a network connection, as well as demonstrative image storage and worklist servers.

This package contains the on-line documentation for the DCMTK libraries and utilities in HTML format.

There are three ways to install dcmtk-doc 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 dcmtk-doc Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install dcmtk-doc

Install dcmtk-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install dcmtk-doc

Install dcmtk-doc 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 Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install dcmtk-doc

How To Uninstall dcmtk-doc on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the dcmtk-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove dcmtk-doc

Uninstall dcmtk-doc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove dcmtk-doc

Remove dcmtk-doc Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge dcmtk-doc

Remove dcmtk-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dcmtk-doc

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install dcmtk-doc using different package management tools like apt, apt-get and aptitude.