How To Install orthanc-dicomweb on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install orthanc-dicomweb on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is orthanc-dicomweb
orthanc-dicomweb is:
Orthanc DICOMweb is a plugin to Orthanc, the lightweight, RESTful Vendor Neutral Archive for medical imaging. It extends the Orthanc core with support of the WADO (now known as WADO-URI) and DICOMweb (QIDO-RS, STOW-RS, WADO-RS) standards.
There are three methods to install orthanc-dicomweb 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 orthanc-dicomweb Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install orthanc-dicomweb using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install orthanc-dicomweb
Install orthanc-dicomweb Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install orthanc-dicomweb using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install orthanc-dicomweb
Install orthanc-dicomweb 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 orthanc-dicomweb using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install orthanc-dicomweb
How To Uninstall orthanc-dicomweb on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the orthanc-dicomweb package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove orthanc-dicomweb
Uninstall orthanc-dicomweb And Its Dependencies
To uninstall orthanc-dicomweb and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove orthanc-dicomweb
Remove orthanc-dicomweb Configurations and Data
To remove orthanc-dicomweb configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge orthanc-dicomweb
Remove orthanc-dicomweb configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove orthanc-dicomweb configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge orthanc-dicomweb
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install orthanc-dicomweb package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
