How To Install odil on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install odil on Kali Linux. odil is C++11 library for the DICOM standard (application)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install odil on Kali Linux.

What is odil

odil is:

Odil leverages C++ constructs to provide a user-friendly API of the different parts of the DICOM standard. Included in Odil are exception-based error handling, generic access to datasets elements, standard JSON and XML representation of datasets, and generic implementation of messages, clients and servers for the various DICOM protocols.

This package contains the command-line application.

There are three methods to install odil 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 odil Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install odil

Install odil Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install odil using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install odil

Install odil 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 odil using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install odil

How To Uninstall odil on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the odil package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove odil

Uninstall odil And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove odil

Remove odil Configurations and Data

To remove odil configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge odil

Remove odil configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge odil

Dependencies

odil have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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