How To Install xmedcon on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xmedcon on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 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 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove xmedcon
Remove xmedcon Configurations and Data
To remove xmedcon configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xmedcon package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
