How To Install vtk-dicom-tools on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install vtk-dicom-tools on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is vtk-dicom-tools
vtk-dicom-tools is:
This package contains a set of classes for managing DICOM files and metadata from within VTK, and some utility programs for interrogating and converting DICOM files.
Command line tools
There are three methods to install vtk-dicom-tools 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 vtk-dicom-tools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install vtk-dicom-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install vtk-dicom-tools
Install vtk-dicom-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install vtk-dicom-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install vtk-dicom-tools
Install vtk-dicom-tools 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 vtk-dicom-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install vtk-dicom-tools
How To Uninstall vtk-dicom-tools on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the vtk-dicom-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove vtk-dicom-tools
Uninstall vtk-dicom-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall vtk-dicom-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove vtk-dicom-tools
Remove vtk-dicom-tools Configurations and Data
To remove vtk-dicom-tools configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge vtk-dicom-tools
Remove vtk-dicom-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove vtk-dicom-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vtk-dicom-tools
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install vtk-dicom-tools package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
