How To Install libgdcm2-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgdcm2-dev
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libgdcm2-dev
libgdcm2-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 libgdcm2-dev
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 libgdcm2-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 libgdcm2-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgdcm2-dev
Install libgdcm2-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libgdcm2-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgdcm2-dev
Install libgdcm2-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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libgdcm2-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgdcm2-dev
How To Uninstall libgdcm2-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libgdcm2-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgdcm2-dev
Uninstall libgdcm2-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgdcm2-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgdcm2-dev
Remove libgdcm2-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libgdcm2-dev
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgdcm2-dev
Remove libgdcm2-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgdcm2-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgdcm2-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgdcm2-dev
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.