How To Install octave-dicom on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install octave-dicom on Debian 11.
What is octave-dicom
octave-dicom is:
Digital communications in medicine (DICOM) is an information standard, originally created for image transfer, which now deals with a large range of medical data.
This package provides functions to read and (eventually) write DICOM files in Octave, a scientific computation software. The functions in the package are intended to have similar usage as the dicom functions in the Matlab Image Processing Toolbox. In Octave they are separate: most image package users will not use dicom, and its dependency might be considered troublesome.
This Octave add-on package is part of the Octave-Forge project.
There are three methods to install octave-dicom on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install octave-dicom Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install octave-dicom using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install octave-dicom
Install octave-dicom Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install octave-dicom using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install octave-dicom
Install octave-dicom 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 octave-dicom using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install octave-dicom
How To Uninstall octave-dicom on Debian 11
To uninstall only the octave-dicom package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove octave-dicom
Uninstall octave-dicom And Its Dependencies
To uninstall octave-dicom and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove octave-dicom
Remove octave-dicom Configurations and Data
To remove octave-dicom configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge octave-dicom
Remove octave-dicom configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove octave-dicom configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge octave-dicom
Dependencies
octave-dicom have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install octave-dicom package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.