How To Install libpixelmed-codec-java on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpixelmed-codec-java on Kali Linux.

What is libpixelmed-codec-java

libpixelmed-codec-java is:

Pixelmed is a stand-alone DICOM toolkit that implements code for reading and creating DICOM data, DICOM network and file support, a database of DICOM objects, support for display of directories, images, reports and spectra, and DICOM object validation.

This package contains the JPEG selective block redaction codec as well as the jpegparse command line tool.

There are three methods to install libpixelmed-codec-java 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 libpixelmed-codec-java Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libpixelmed-codec-java

Install libpixelmed-codec-java Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libpixelmed-codec-java using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libpixelmed-codec-java

Install libpixelmed-codec-java 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 update

After updating apt database, We can install libpixelmed-codec-java using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libpixelmed-codec-java

How To Uninstall libpixelmed-codec-java on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libpixelmed-codec-java package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libpixelmed-codec-java

Uninstall libpixelmed-codec-java And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libpixelmed-codec-java and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpixelmed-codec-java

Remove libpixelmed-codec-java Configurations and Data

To remove libpixelmed-codec-java configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libpixelmed-codec-java

Remove libpixelmed-codec-java configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libpixelmed-codec-java configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpixelmed-codec-java

Dependencies

libpixelmed-codec-java have the following dependencies:

References

• libpixelmed-codec-java website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpixelmed-codec-java package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.