How To Install vrrender on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install vrrender on Kali Linux.

What is vrrender

vrrender is:

Medical image viewer featuring negatoscope, multi-planar reconstruction, and volume rendering.

Many image formats are handled such as DICOM, mhd, inr.gz, vtk, vti,… Segmentations meshes can also be imported from DICOM and vtk formats, and visualized in mixed rendering with images.

Tools are provided to measure distances of structures in the image and to place landmarks.

Last, VRRender can also connect directly to a PACS, and then request, download or upload DICOM files.

There are three methods to install vrrender on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install vrrender Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install vrrender using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install vrrender

Install vrrender Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install vrrender using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install vrrender

Install vrrender Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install vrrender using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install vrrender

How To Uninstall vrrender on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the vrrender package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove vrrender

Uninstall vrrender And Its Dependencies

To uninstall vrrender and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove vrrender

Remove vrrender Configurations and Data

To remove vrrender configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge vrrender

Remove vrrender configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove vrrender configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vrrender

Dependencies

vrrender have the following dependencies:

• libsight

References

• vrrender website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install vrrender package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.