How To Install libodil0 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libodil0 on Ubuntu 18.04. libodil0 is C++11 library for the DICOM standard

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libodil0 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libodil0

libodil0 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.

Odil also provides conversion to and from DCMTK data structures.

This package contains the shared library.

There are three methods to install libodil0 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 libodil0 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 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libodil0

Install libodil0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libodil0

Install libodil0 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 libodil0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libodil0

How To Uninstall libodil0 on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove libodil0

Uninstall libodil0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libodil0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libodil0

Remove libodil0 Configurations and Data

To remove libodil0 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libodil0

Remove libodil0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libodil0

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libodil0 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.