How To Install python-openslide-examples on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-openslide-examples on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-openslide-examples
python-openslide-examples is:
OpenSlide is a C library that provides a simple interface to read whole-slide images also known as virtual slides.
Whole-slide images, also known as virtual slides, are large, high resolution images used in digital pathology. Reading these images using standard image tools or libraries is a challenge because these tools are typically designed for images that can comfortably be uncompressed into RAM or a swap file. Whole-slide images routinely exceed RAM sizes, often occupying tens of gigabytes when uncompressed. Additionally, whole-slide images are typically multi-resolution, and only a small amount of image data might be needed at a particular resolution.
This library currently supports:
- Aperio (.svs, .tif)
- Hamamatsu (.vms, .vmu, .ndpi)
- Leica (.scn)
- MIRAX (.mrxs)
- Sakura (.svslide)
- Trestle (.tif)
- Generic tiled TIFF (.tif)
This package contains the Python examples for OpenSlide Python bindings.
There are three methods to install python-openslide-examples 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 python-openslide-examples 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-openslide-examples using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-openslide-examples
Install python-openslide-examples Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-openslide-examples using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-openslide-examples
Install python-openslide-examples 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 python-openslide-examples using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-openslide-examples
How To Uninstall python-openslide-examples on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-openslide-examples package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-openslide-examples
Uninstall python-openslide-examples And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-openslide-examples and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-openslide-examples
Remove python-openslide-examples Configurations and Data
To remove python-openslide-examples configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-openslide-examples
Remove python-openslide-examples configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-openslide-examples configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-openslide-examples
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-openslide-examples package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
