How To Install xmedcon on Debian 12

Learn how to install xmedcon on Debian 12 with this tutorial. xmedcon is Medical Image (DICOM, ECAT, …) conversion tool (GUI)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install xmedcon on Debian 12.

What is xmedcon

xmedcon is:

This project stands for Medical Image Conversion. Released under the (L)GPL, it comes with the full C-source code of the library, a flexible command line utility and a neat graphical front-end using the GTK+ toolkit. The currently supported formats are: Acr/Nema 2.0, Analyze (SPM), DICOM 3.0, InterFile 3.3 and PNG.

The program also allows one to read unsupported files without compression, to print pixel values or to extract/reorder specified images. It is possible to retrieve the raw binary/ascii image arrays or to write PNG for desktop applications.

This is the program version for X based on GTK+. Processes only one file at a time.

There are three methods to install xmedcon on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install xmedcon Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install xmedcon using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install xmedcon

Install xmedcon Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install xmedcon using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install xmedcon

Install xmedcon 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 xmedcon using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install xmedcon

How To Uninstall xmedcon on Debian 12

To uninstall only the xmedcon package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove xmedcon

Uninstall xmedcon And Its Dependencies

To uninstall xmedcon and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove xmedcon

Remove xmedcon Configurations and Data

To remove xmedcon configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge xmedcon

Remove xmedcon configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove xmedcon configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xmedcon

Dependencies

xmedcon have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install xmedcon package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.