How To Install libodil0-dev on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libodil0-dev on Debian 9. libodil0-dev is C++11 library for the DICOM standard (development files)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libodil0-dev on Debian 9.

What is libodil0-dev

libodil0-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 libodil0-dev on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libodil0-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 libodil0-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libodil0-dev

Install libodil0-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libodil0-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libodil0-dev

Install libodil0-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 libodil0-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libodil0-dev

How To Uninstall libodil0-dev on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libodil0-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libodil0-dev

Uninstall libodil0-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libodil0-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libodil0-dev

Remove libodil0-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libodil0-dev configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libodil0-dev

Remove libodil0-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libodil0-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libodil0-dev

Dependencies

libodil0-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libodil0-dev package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.