How To Install libopenslide-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libopenslide-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 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 libopenslide-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 libopenslide-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libopenslide-dev
Install libopenslide-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libopenslide-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libopenslide-dev
Install libopenslide-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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libopenslide-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libopenslide-dev
How To Uninstall libopenslide-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libopenslide-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libopenslide-dev
Uninstall libopenslide-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libopenslide-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libopenslide-dev
Remove libopenslide-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libopenslide-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libopenslide-dev
Remove 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-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libopenslide-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
