How To Install libinsighttoolkit4-dev on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libinsighttoolkit4-dev on Ubuntu 18.04. libinsighttoolkit4-dev is Image processing toolkit for registration and segmentation - development

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libinsighttoolkit4-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libinsighttoolkit4-dev

libinsighttoolkit4-dev is:

ITK is an open-source software toolkit for performing registration and segmentation. Segmentation is the process of identifying and classifying data found in a digitally sampled representation. Typically the sampled representation is an image acquired from such medical instrumentation as CT or MRI scanners. Registration is the task of aligning or developing correspondences between data. For example, in the medical environment, a CT scan may be aligned with a MRI scan in order to combine the information contained in both.

This package contains the development files needed to build your own ITK applications.

There are three methods to install libinsighttoolkit4-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 libinsighttoolkit4-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 libinsighttoolkit4-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libinsighttoolkit4-dev

Install libinsighttoolkit4-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libinsighttoolkit4-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libinsighttoolkit4-dev

Install libinsighttoolkit4-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 libinsighttoolkit4-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libinsighttoolkit4-dev

How To Uninstall libinsighttoolkit4-dev on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libinsighttoolkit4-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libinsighttoolkit4-dev

Uninstall libinsighttoolkit4-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libinsighttoolkit4-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libinsighttoolkit4-dev

Remove libinsighttoolkit4-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libinsighttoolkit4-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libinsighttoolkit4-dev

Remove libinsighttoolkit4-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libinsighttoolkit4-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libinsighttoolkit4-dev

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libinsighttoolkit4-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.