How to Install and Uninstall dcmtk Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 10,2024

1. Install "dcmtk" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install dcmtk on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                dcmtk
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "dcmtk" package

Learn how to uninstall dcmtk on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                dcmtk
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the dcmtk package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: dcmtk
Priority: optional
Section: universe/science
Installed-Size: 3322
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Med Packaging Team
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.6.1~20150924-5
Depends: adduser, libc6 (>= 2.14), libdcmtk5, libgcc1 (>= 1:3.0), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), libxml2 (>= 2.7.4), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Filename: pool/universe/d/dcmtk/dcmtk_3.6.1~20150924-5_amd64.deb
Size: 876174
MD5sum: df78fa1a18b64b76cca5e979855771bf
SHA1: 12d49fc986a8433e977137cd1936826a2885086b
SHA256: d8c4bc1fe124a3f20746422f57c60554a2c3d00eff7b2629d59d67bb2bb67493
Description-en: OFFIS DICOM toolkit command line utilities
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.
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This package contains the DCMTK utility applications.
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Note: This version was compiled with libssl support.
Description-md5: 4e2bb09aacd082ae853c1a73e701f503
Homepage: http://dicom.offis.de/dcmtk
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu