How To Install pixelmed-apps on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pixelmed-apps on Debian 9.
What is pixelmed-apps
pixelmed-apps is:
This is a stand-alone DICOM toolkit that implements code for reading and creating DICOM data, DICOM network and file support, a database of DICOM objects, support for display of directories, images, reports and spectra, and DICOM object validation.
Provide command line applications for using pixelmed
There are three methods to install pixelmed-apps on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install pixelmed-apps Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install pixelmed-apps using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pixelmed-apps
Install pixelmed-apps Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pixelmed-apps using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pixelmed-apps
Install pixelmed-apps 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 pixelmed-apps using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pixelmed-apps
How To Uninstall pixelmed-apps on Debian 9
To uninstall only the pixelmed-apps package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pixelmed-apps
Uninstall pixelmed-apps And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pixelmed-apps and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pixelmed-apps
Remove pixelmed-apps Configurations and Data
To remove pixelmed-apps configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pixelmed-apps
Remove pixelmed-apps configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pixelmed-apps configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pixelmed-apps
Dependencies
pixelmed-apps have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pixelmed-apps package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.