How To Install libpixelmed-java 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 libpixelmed-java on Ubuntu.

What is `libpixelmed-java`

libpixelmed-java is:

This is a stand-alone DICOM toolkit that implements code for reading and creating DICOM data, DICOM network and file support, a database of DICOM objects, support for display of directories, images, reports and spectra, and DICOM object validation.

There are three methods to install libpixelmed-java 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 libpixelmed-java Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libpixelmed-java

Install libpixelmed-java Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libpixelmed-java

Install libpixelmed-java 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 libpixelmed-java using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libpixelmed-java

How To Uninstall libpixelmed-java on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the libpixelmed-java package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libpixelmed-java

Uninstall libpixelmed-java And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpixelmed-java

Remove libpixelmed-java Configurations and Data

To remove libpixelmed-java configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libpixelmed-java

Remove libpixelmed-java configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpixelmed-java

Dependencies

libpixelmed-java have the following dependencies:

References

libpixelmed-java website

Summary

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