How To Install libopenslide0 on Debian 12

Learn how to install libopenslide0 on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libopenslide0 is library for reading whole slide image files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libopenslide0 on Debian 12.

What is `libopenslide0`

libopenslide0 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 the libraries needed to run OpenSlide applications.

There are three methods to install libopenslide0 on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libopenslide0 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libopenslide0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libopenslide0

Install libopenslide0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libopenslide0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libopenslide0

Install libopenslide0 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 libopenslide0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libopenslide0

How To Uninstall libopenslide0 on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libopenslide0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libopenslide0

Uninstall libopenslide0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libopenslide0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libopenslide0

Remove libopenslide0 Configurations and Data

To remove libopenslide0 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libopenslide0

Remove libopenslide0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libopenslide0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libopenslide0

Dependencies

libopenslide0 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libopenslide0 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.