How To Install libgdcm-dev on Debian 12

Learn how to install libgdcm-dev on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libgdcm-dev is Grassroots DICOM development libraries and headers

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgdcm-dev on Debian 12.

What is libgdcm-dev

libgdcm-dev 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.

Headers and static libraries for libgdcm. These are not needed to use GDCM, but are needed to build plugins or programs that link against libgdcm.

There are three methods to install libgdcm-dev on Debian 12. 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-dev 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-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libgdcm-dev

Install libgdcm-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libgdcm-dev

Install libgdcm-dev 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 libgdcm-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libgdcm-dev

How To Uninstall libgdcm-dev on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove libgdcm-dev

Uninstall libgdcm-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libgdcm-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgdcm-dev

Remove libgdcm-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libgdcm-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libgdcm-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libgdcm-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgdcm-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.