How To Install libgdcm-cil on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgdcm-cil on Ubuntu 18.04. libgdcm-cil is Grassroots DICOM CLI bindings

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgdcm-cil on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libgdcm-cil

libgdcm-cil 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.

CLI bindings to the GDCM DICOM library. It allows developers to use GDCM from C# environment.

There are three methods to install libgdcm-cil on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libgdcm-cil Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libgdcm-cil

Install libgdcm-cil Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libgdcm-cil

Install libgdcm-cil 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install libgdcm-cil

How To Uninstall libgdcm-cil on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libgdcm-cil package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libgdcm-cil

Uninstall libgdcm-cil And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libgdcm-cil and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgdcm-cil

Remove libgdcm-cil Configurations and Data

To remove libgdcm-cil configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libgdcm-cil

Remove libgdcm-cil configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgdcm-cil

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgdcm-cil package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.