How To Install libopenslide-dev on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libopenslide-dev on Kali Linux.
What is libopenslide-dev
libopenslide-dev is:
OpenSlide is a C library that provides a simple interface to read whole-slide images also known as virtual slides.
Whole-slide images, also known as virtual slides, are large, high resolution images used in digital pathology. Reading these images using standard image tools or libraries is a challenge because these tools are typically designed for images that can comfortably be uncompressed into RAM or a swap file. Whole-slide images routinely exceed RAM sizes, often occupying tens of gigabytes when uncompressed. Additionally, whole-slide images are typically multi-resolution, and only a small amount of image data might be needed at a particular resolution.
This library currently supports:
- Aperio (.svs, .tif)
- Hamamatsu (.vms, .vmu, .ndpi)
- Leica (.scn)
- MIRAX (.mrxs)
- Sakura (.svslide)
- Trestle (.tif)
- Generic tiled TIFF (.tif)
This package contains development files needed to build OpenSlide applications.
There are three methods to install libopenslide-dev on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libopenslide-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libopenslide-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libopenslide-devInstall libopenslide-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libopenslide-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libopenslide-devInstall libopenslide-dev Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libopenslide-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libopenslide-devHow To Uninstall libopenslide-dev on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libopenslide-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libopenslide-devUninstall libopenslide-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libopenslide-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libopenslide-devRemove libopenslide-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libopenslide-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libopenslide-devRemove libopenslide-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libopenslide-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libopenslide-devDependencies
libopenslide-dev have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libopenslide-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.