How To Install med-imaging on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install med-imaging on Kali Linux.

What is med-imaging

med-imaging is:

This metapackage will install Debian packages which might be useful in medical image processing and visualization.

On one hand, it installs several packages supporting various image file formats and image management, like DICOM (Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine) which is the de-facto standard for medical image management, and NIFTI. On the other hand, it provides a variety of software packages that can be used for visualization and for image processing

• either from a graphical user interface, the command line, or implemented in workflows.

There are three methods to install med-imaging 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 med-imaging Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install med-imaging

Install med-imaging Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install med-imaging

Install med-imaging 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 med-imaging using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install med-imaging

How To Uninstall med-imaging on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the med-imaging package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove med-imaging

Uninstall med-imaging And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove med-imaging

Remove med-imaging Configurations and Data

To remove med-imaging configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge med-imaging

Remove med-imaging configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge med-imaging

Dependencies

med-imaging have the following dependencies:

• med-config
• med-tasks

References

• med-imaging website

Summary

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