How To Install libvtkgdcm2.8 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvtkgdcm2.8
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libvtkgdcm2.8
libvtkgdcm2.8 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 libvtkgdcm2.8
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 libvtkgdcm2.8 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libvtkgdcm2.8
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libvtkgdcm2.8
Install libvtkgdcm2.8 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libvtkgdcm2.8
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libvtkgdcm2.8
Install libvtkgdcm2.8 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 libvtkgdcm2.8
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libvtkgdcm2.8
How To Uninstall libvtkgdcm2.8 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libvtkgdcm2.8
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libvtkgdcm2.8
Uninstall libvtkgdcm2.8 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libvtkgdcm2.8
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libvtkgdcm2.8
Remove libvtkgdcm2.8 Configurations and Data
To remove libvtkgdcm2.8
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libvtkgdcm2.8
Remove libvtkgdcm2.8 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libvtkgdcm2.8
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libvtkgdcm2.8
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvtkgdcm2.8
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.