DCMTK under Linux

[amunaaser]

Hi!
Normally, I use DCMTK under Windows, but now I need to use it under Linux:
Operating System: Linux 5.4.233-0504233-generic #202302250651 SMP Sat Feb 25 12:26:27 UTC 2023 x86_64

My question is, which package to use?
https://dicom.offis.de/en/dcmtk/dcmtk-tools/
Do I have to download the the tar file directly in Linux and uncompress it there?

Thanks in advance
Best regards
Nasser Hosseini

[Michael Onken]

Hi,

what Linux distribution do you have? Very often, a DCMTK package is provided by the distribution. On Ubuntu, for example, just use

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apt-get install dcmtk

The binary packages for Linux provided by OFFIS may not run on your system, since it requires some effort to create 100% portable Linux binaries (and we did not undertake it).

Best regards,
Michael

[amunaaser]

Hi!
Thanks Maichael!

This is what I get with "lsb_release -a":
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS
Release: 18.04
Codename: bionic

Best regards
Nasser Hosseini

[Michael Onken]

Then

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apt-get install dcmtk

should do the trick. Did you try it?

BR Michael

[amunaaser]

apt-get install dcmtk
E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend - open (13: Permission denied)
E: Unable to acquire the dpkg frontend lock (/var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend), are you root?

[Michael Onken]

You need administrator (root) permissions, do:

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sudo apt-get install dcmtk 

or

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su <enter password for root>
apt-get install dcmtk

[amunaaser]

sudo apt-get install dcmtk

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[Michael Onken]

Grrrr... try first:

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sudo apt-get update

and then retry installation.

You must be connected to internet. As far as I know, there is a DCMTK package in Ubuntu 18.

[amunaaser]

Hi Michael!

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The following additional packages will be installed:
libdcmtk14
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dcmtk libdcmtk14
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After this operation, 26.5 MB of additional disk space will be used.
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Should it take so much time?!
/Nasser Hosseini

[Michael Onken]

You mean you wait 24 hours now or so? It should take less than a minute.

Probably something is wrong with your internet connection on your Linux system (or Virtual Machine) or there is a firewall.

[amunaaser]

Yes, exactly since yesterday!
I'll talk to our IT department.

Thank you very much for your help!
I will probably come back to you with more questions later.

Best regards
Nasser Hosseini