How To Install dicompyler on Ubuntu

Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )

2 minutes • 400 words

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dicompyler on Ubuntu.

What is `dicompyler`

dicompyler is:

Dicompyler is an extensible, fully open source radiation therapy research platform based on the DICOM standard. It also functions as a cross-platform DICOM RT viewer.

Features:

Import CT Images, DICOM RT structure set, RT dose and RT plan files
Extensible plugin system with included plugins:
- 2D image viewer with dose and structure overlay
- Dose volume histogram viewer with the ability to analyze DVH parameters
- DICOM data tree viewer
- Patient anonymizer

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

Install dicompyler Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install dicompyler

Install dicompyler Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install dicompyler

Install dicompyler 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 dicompyler using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install dicompyler

How To Uninstall dicompyler on Ubuntu

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

sudo apt-get remove dicompyler

Uninstall dicompyler And Its Dependencies

To uninstall dicompyler and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove dicompyler

Remove dicompyler Configurations and Data

To remove dicompyler configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge dicompyler

Remove dicompyler configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dicompyler

Dependencies

dicompyler have the following dependencies:

References

dicompyler website

Summary

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