How To Install libgdcm-tools on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgdcm-tools on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libgdcm-tools
libgdcm-tools 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.
Install this package for the gdcmanon, gdcmconv, gdcmdiff, gdcmdump, gdcmpap3, gdcmgendir, gdcmimg, gdcminfo, gdcmpdf, gdcmraw, gdcmscanner, gdcmscu, gdcmtar, gdcmxml programs.
There are three methods to install libgdcm-tools 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-tools 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-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgdcm-tools
Install libgdcm-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libgdcm-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgdcm-tools
Install libgdcm-tools 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-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgdcm-tools
How To Uninstall libgdcm-tools on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libgdcm-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgdcm-tools
Uninstall libgdcm-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgdcm-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgdcm-tools
Remove libgdcm-tools Configurations and Data
To remove libgdcm-tools configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgdcm-tools
Remove libgdcm-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgdcm-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgdcm-tools
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgdcm-tools package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
