How To Install libodil-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libodil-doc on Ubuntu 18.04. libodil-doc is C++11 library for the DICOM standard (documentation)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libodil-doc on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libodil-doc

libodil-doc 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 documentation files.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libodil-doc

Install libodil-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libodil-doc

Install libodil-doc 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 libodil-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libodil-doc

How To Uninstall libodil-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove libodil-doc

Uninstall libodil-doc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libodil-doc

Remove libodil-doc Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libodil-doc

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

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

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

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Summary

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