How To Install libgdcm-java on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgdcm-java on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 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-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 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-java using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgdcm-java
How To Uninstall libgdcm-java on Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgdcm-java package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
