How To Install libcamitk5 on Ubuntu

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

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcamitk5 on Ubuntu.

What is `libcamitk5`

libcamitk5 is:

Helps researchers and clinicians to easily and rapidly collaborate in order to prototype CAMI applications, that feature medical images, surgical navigation and biomechanical simulations.

This package contains the shared libraries needed to run CamiTK applications.

There are three methods to install libcamitk5 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 libcamitk5 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libcamitk5 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libcamitk5

Install libcamitk5 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libcamitk5 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libcamitk5

Install libcamitk5 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 libcamitk5 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libcamitk5

How To Uninstall libcamitk5 on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the libcamitk5 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libcamitk5

Uninstall libcamitk5 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libcamitk5 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcamitk5

Remove libcamitk5 Configurations and Data

To remove libcamitk5 configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libcamitk5

Remove libcamitk5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libcamitk5 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcamitk5

Dependencies

libcamitk5 have the following dependencies:

References

libcamitk5 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcamitk5 package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.