How To Install gdcm-doc on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gdcm-doc on Kali Linux.
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 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 gdcm-doc Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install gdcm-doc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gdcm-docInstall gdcm-doc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install gdcm-doc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gdcm-docInstall gdcm-doc 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install gdcm-doc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gdcm-docHow To Uninstall gdcm-doc on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the gdcm-doc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gdcm-docUninstall gdcm-doc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gdcm-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gdcm-docRemove gdcm-doc Configurations and Data
To remove gdcm-doc configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gdcm-docRemove 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-docDependencies
gdcm-doc have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gdcm-doc package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
