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