How To Install dcmtk on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is dcmtk

dcmtk is:

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 DCMTK utility applications.

Note: This version was compiled with libssl support.

There are three methods to install dcmtk 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 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 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install dcmtk

Install dcmtk Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install dcmtk

Install dcmtk 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 dcmtk using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install dcmtk

How To Uninstall dcmtk on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove dcmtk

Uninstall dcmtk And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove dcmtk

Remove dcmtk Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge dcmtk

Remove dcmtk configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dcmtk

Dependencies

dcmtk have the following dependencies:

• adduser
• libc6
• libdcmtk15
• libgcc-s1
• libstdc++6
• libxml2
• zlib1g

References

• dcmtk website

Summary

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