How To Install libvtkgdcm-tools on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvtkgdcm-tools on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libvtkgdcm-tools
libvtkgdcm-tools 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-tools provides a number of command line debugging and utility tool. Install this package for the gdcmviewer, gdcm2pnm and gdcm2vtk programs.
There are three methods to install libvtkgdcm-tools 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 libvtkgdcm-tools 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-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libvtkgdcm-tools
Install libvtkgdcm-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libvtkgdcm-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libvtkgdcm-tools
Install libvtkgdcm-tools 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 libvtkgdcm-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libvtkgdcm-tools
How To Uninstall libvtkgdcm-tools on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libvtkgdcm-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libvtkgdcm-tools
Uninstall libvtkgdcm-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libvtkgdcm-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libvtkgdcm-tools
Remove libvtkgdcm-tools Configurations and Data
To remove libvtkgdcm-tools configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libvtkgdcm-tools
Remove libvtkgdcm-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libvtkgdcm-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libvtkgdcm-tools
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvtkgdcm-tools package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
