How To Install python-odil on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-odil on Debian 9.
What is python-odil
python-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 Python wrappers.
There are three methods to install python-odil 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 python-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 python-odil using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-odil
Install python-odil Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-odil using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-odil
Install python-odil 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 python-odil using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-odil
How To Uninstall python-odil on Debian 9
To uninstall only the python-odil package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-odil
Uninstall python-odil And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-odil and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-odil
Remove python-odil Configurations and Data
To remove python-odil configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-odil
Remove python-odil configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-odil configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-odil
Dependencies
python-odil have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-odil package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.