How To Install libgdcm-java on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgdcm-java on Kali Linux. libgdcm-java is Grassroots DICOM Java bindings

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgdcm-java on Kali Linux.

What is libgdcm-java

libgdcm-java 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.

Java bindings to the GDCM DICOM library. It allows developers to use GDCM from Java environment.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libgdcm-java

Install libgdcm-java Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libgdcm-java

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

sudo aptitude -y install libgdcm-java

How To Uninstall libgdcm-java on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libgdcm-java

Uninstall libgdcm-java And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgdcm-java

Remove libgdcm-java Configurations and Data

To remove libgdcm-java configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libgdcm-java

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

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

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

Dependencies

libgdcm-java have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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