How To Install orthanc-wsi on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install orthanc-wsi on Kali Linux. orthanc-wsi is Whole-slide imaging support for Orthanc (digital pathology)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install orthanc-wsi on Kali Linux.

What is orthanc-wsi

orthanc-wsi is:

Orthanc-WSI brings support of whole-slide imaging for digital pathology into Orthanc, the lightweight, RESTful Vendor Neutral Archive for medical imaging.

This package contains two command-line tools to convert whole-slide images to and from DICOM. Support for proprietary file formats is available through OpenSlide. The package also contains an Orthanc plugin to display such DICOM images by any standard Web browser. The implementation follows DICOM Supplement 145.

There are three methods to install orthanc-wsi 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 orthanc-wsi 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-wsi using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install orthanc-wsi

Install orthanc-wsi Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install orthanc-wsi

Install orthanc-wsi 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 orthanc-wsi using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install orthanc-wsi

How To Uninstall orthanc-wsi on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the orthanc-wsi package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove orthanc-wsi

Uninstall orthanc-wsi And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove orthanc-wsi

Remove orthanc-wsi Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge orthanc-wsi

Remove orthanc-wsi configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge orthanc-wsi

Dependencies

orthanc-wsi have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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