How To Install dcmdjpeg on CentOS 8

One-liner Install Command

If you are only interested in the installation command, here is a quick answer for you:

sudo yum makecache && sudo yum -y install dcmtk

sudo dnf makecache && sudo dnf -y install dcmtk

But if you are interested in the details with step-by-step instructions, the following information will be helpful.

What is dcmdjpeg and How to Install It?

First things first, you will need access to a server or computer running CentOS 8. This guide was written specifically with a server running CentOS 8 in mind, although it should also work on older, supported versions of the operating system.

Also, make sure you are running a regular, non-root user with sudo privileges configured on your server. When you have an account available, log in as your non-root user to begin.

There are several ways to install dcmdjpeg on CentOS 8. You can use (links are clickable):

In the following sections, we will describe each method in detail. You can choose one of them or refer to the recommended one.

Install dcmdjpeg on CentOS 8 using dnf

First, update dnf packages database with dnf by running the next command:

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating database, You can install dcmdjpeg using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install dcmtk

Install dcmdjpeg on CentOS 8 using yum

Because dcmdjpeg is available in CentOS 8’s default repositories, it is possible to install it from these repositories using the yum packaging system.

To begin, update local packages database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

Now can install dcmdjpeg package on your server/computer by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install dcmtk

How to upgrade (update) a single package dcmdjpeg using yum?

To update all the packages available on the system:

yum update

If you want to update a specific package like dcmdjpeg in this example you should use the following command:

yum update dcmtk

To downgrade a package to an earlier version:

yum downgrade dcmtk

How to Upgrade dcmdjpeg on CentOS 8 with dnf?

When you run the dnf update, all system packages with available updates are updated. However, if you want to upgrade a single package, then you would have to pass the package name as the argument to the dnf update command.

dnf update dcmtk

How To remove dcmdjpeg from CentOS 8

To uninstall only the dcmdjpeg package you can execute the following command:

sudo dnf remove dcmtk

Extra info and code examples

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. This package contains the DCMTK utility applications. Note: This version was compiled with libssl support.

Conclusion

You now have a full guide on how to install dcmdjpeg using dnf and yum package managers. Also, we showed how to update manually as a single package and different ways to uninstall the dcmdjpeg from CentOS 8.

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