How To Install libodil-dev on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install libodil-dev on Debian 11. libodil-dev is C++11 library for the DICOM standard (development files)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libodil-dev on Debian 11.

What is libodil-dev

libodil-dev is:

Odil leverages C++ constructs to provide a user-friendly API of the different parts of the DICOM standard. Included in Odil are exception-based error handling, generic access to datasets elements, standard JSON and XML representation of datasets, and generic implementation of messages, clients and servers for the various DICOM protocols.

This package contains the development files.

There are three methods to install libodil-dev on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libodil-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 libodil-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libodil-dev

Install libodil-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libodil-dev

Install libodil-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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install libodil-dev

How To Uninstall libodil-dev on Debian 11

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

sudo apt-get remove libodil-dev

Uninstall libodil-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libodil-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libodil-dev

Remove libodil-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libodil-dev configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libodil-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libodil-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libodil-dev package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.