How To Install libpixelmed-codec-java on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpixelmed-codec-java on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 some file format codecs used by pixelmed but provided as a separate tarball.
There are three methods to install libpixelmed-codec-java 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 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 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 libpixelmed-codec-java using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libpixelmed-codec-java
How To Uninstall libpixelmed-codec-java on Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpixelmed-codec-java package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
