How To Install orthanc-wsi on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install orthanc-wsi on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 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-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 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-wsi using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install orthanc-wsi
How To Uninstall orthanc-wsi on Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install orthanc-wsi package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
