How to Install and Uninstall libgdcm2-dev Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: September 20,2024

1. Install "libgdcm2-dev" package

Please follow the instructions below to install libgdcm2-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install libgdcm2-dev

2. Uninstall "libgdcm2-dev" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall libgdcm2-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):

$ sudo apt remove libgdcm2-dev $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the libgdcm2-dev package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: libgdcm2-dev
Priority: optional
Section: universe/libdevel
Installed-Size: 2747
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Med Packaging Team
Architecture: amd64
Source: gdcm
Version: 2.6.3-3ubuntu3
Depends: libgdcm2.6 (= 2.6.3-3ubuntu3)
Filename: pool/universe/g/gdcm/libgdcm2-dev_2.6.3-3ubuntu3_amd64.deb
Size: 253370
MD5sum: 11a805d3de3e5bfe10235384bb808eea
SHA1: e016c426db55b9a6859b86d444ee7e74af566435
SHA256: 15b026d31726aaf1ab15dbe463f8c7745537b6c8746edf4f90eb4c3dd5656d35
Description-en: Grassroots DICOM development libraries and headers
Grassroots DiCoM is a C++ library for DICOM medical files. It is
automatically wrapped to python/C#/Java (using swig). It supports
RAW,JPEG (lossy/lossless),J2K,JPEG-LS, RLE and deflated.
.
Headers and static libraries for libgdcm. These are not needed to use
GDCM, but are needed to build plugins or programs that link against
libgdcm.
Description-md5: 159d3dafd1b31a5c660508857b7fb484
Homepage: http://gdcm.sourceforge.net/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu