How to Install and Uninstall python-dicom Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "python-dicom" package

This guide let you learn how to install python-dicom on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "python-dicom" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall python-dicom on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: python-dicom
Priority: optional
Section: universe/python
Installed-Size: 1577
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: NeuroDebian Team
Architecture: all
Source: pydicom
Version: 0.9.9-2
Depends: python (>= 2.7), python (<< 2.8)
Recommends: python-numpy, python-imaging
Suggests: python-matplotlib
Filename: pool/universe/p/pydicom/python-dicom_0.9.9-2_all.deb
Size: 358524
MD5sum: 6a4a04c9fba1264a35ab59c66819f883
SHA1: 5a7e40c0e86ce6dec72a57ee09251a162e84b127
SHA256: 7f463d03c5874a6dd020cdc25524cdb9326750a0c546ed3405afbbb1c51c2496
Description-en: DICOM medical file reading and writing (Python 2)
pydicom is a pure Python module for parsing DICOM files. DICOM is a
standard (http://medical.nema.org) for communicating medical images
and related information such as reports and radiotherapy objects.
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pydicom makes it easy to read DICOM files into natural pythonic
structures for easy manipulation. Modified datasets can be written
again to DICOM format files.
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This package installs the module for Python 2.
Description-md5: f8d69c6719aa363157f5a66d7d9b6de5
Homepage: http://pydicom.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu