How To Install libvtkgdcm-9.1 on Debian 12

Learn how to install libvtkgdcm-9.1 on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libvtkgdcm-9.1 is Grassroots DICOM VTK runtime libraries

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvtkgdcm-9.1 on Debian 12.

What is libvtkgdcm-9.1

libvtkgdcm-9.1 is:

Grassroots DiCoM is a C++ library for DICOM medical files. It is automatically wrapped to python/C#/Java (using swig). It supports RAW,JPEG (lossy/lossless),J2K,JPEG-LS, RLE and deflated.

Libvtkgdcm is a library that quickly allow programmer to use GDCM from a VTK environment.

There are three methods to install libvtkgdcm-9.1 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 libvtkgdcm-9.1 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libvtkgdcm-9.1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libvtkgdcm-9.1

Install libvtkgdcm-9.1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libvtkgdcm-9.1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libvtkgdcm-9.1

Install libvtkgdcm-9.1 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 libvtkgdcm-9.1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libvtkgdcm-9.1

How To Uninstall libvtkgdcm-9.1 on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libvtkgdcm-9.1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libvtkgdcm-9.1

Uninstall libvtkgdcm-9.1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libvtkgdcm-9.1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libvtkgdcm-9.1

Remove libvtkgdcm-9.1 Configurations and Data

To remove libvtkgdcm-9.1 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libvtkgdcm-9.1

Remove libvtkgdcm-9.1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libvtkgdcm-9.1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libvtkgdcm-9.1

Dependencies

libvtkgdcm-9.1 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvtkgdcm-9.1 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.