How To Install python3-odil on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-odil on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python3-odil
python3-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 3 wrappers.
There are three methods to install python3-odil 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 python3-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 python3-odil using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-odil
Install python3-odil Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-odil using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-odil
Install python3-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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-odil using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-odil
How To Uninstall python3-odil on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python3-odil package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-odil
Uninstall python3-odil And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-odil and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-odil
Remove python3-odil Configurations and Data
To remove python3-odil configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-odil
Remove python3-odil configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-odil configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-odil
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-odil package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
