How To Install dcmtk-doc on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dcmtk-doc on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is dcmtk-doc
dcmtk-doc is:
DCMTK includes a collection of libraries and applications for examining, constructing and converting DICOM image files, handling offline media, sending and receiving images over a network connection, as well as demonstrative image storage and worklist servers.
This package contains the on-line documentation for the DCMTK libraries and utilities in HTML format.
There are three methods to install dcmtk-doc 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 dcmtk-doc Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install dcmtk-doc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dcmtk-doc
Install dcmtk-doc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dcmtk-doc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dcmtk-doc
Install dcmtk-doc 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 dcmtk-doc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dcmtk-doc
How To Uninstall dcmtk-doc on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the dcmtk-doc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dcmtk-doc
Uninstall dcmtk-doc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dcmtk-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dcmtk-doc
Remove dcmtk-doc Configurations and Data
To remove dcmtk-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dcmtk-doc
Remove dcmtk-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dcmtk-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dcmtk-doc
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dcmtk-doc package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
