How To Install sightviewer 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 sightviewer on Ubuntu.
What is sightviewer
sightviewer is:
Medical image viewer featuring negatoscope, multi-planar reconstruction, and volume rendering.
Many image formats are handled such as DICOM, mhd, inr.gz, vtk, vti,… Segmentations meshes can also be imported from DICOM and vtk formats, and visualized in mixed rendering with images.
Tools are provided to measure distances of structures in the image and to place landmarks.
Last, SightViewer can also connect directly to a PACS, and then request, download or upload DICOM files.
There are three methods to install sightviewer 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 sightviewer Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install sightviewer using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install sightviewer
Install sightviewer Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install sightviewer using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install sightviewer
Install sightviewer 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 sightviewer using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install sightviewer
How To Uninstall sightviewer on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the sightviewer package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove sightviewer
Uninstall sightviewer And Its Dependencies
To uninstall sightviewer and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove sightviewer
Remove sightviewer Configurations and Data
To remove sightviewer configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge sightviewer
Remove sightviewer configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove sightviewer configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sightviewer
Dependencies
sightviewer have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install sightviewer package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.