Slicer3:Debian

Intro

A Debian package for slicer and a slicer ubuntu packagehave been created to make it easier to install slicer on Debian and Ubuntu machines. This means users can simply do:

sudo apt-get install slicer

and the slicer3 command will be available in their path and system menus. All slicer executables and libraries will be installed along with dependencies.

Debian "squeeze"

Debian "squeeze" - the next major Debian release - will contain a slicer package.

For testing purposes there is a Live DVD for a temporary installation and a Installer CD for a permanent installation available. Download the correct image for your architecture, burn to a suitable media and boot from it to install:

Live DVD Beta 1

• debian-squeeze-live-beta1-amd64-gnome-desktop.iso
• debian-squeeze-live-beta1-i386-gnome-desktop.iso

Installer CD Beta 1

• http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/squeeze_di_beta1/i386/iso-cd/debian-squeeze-di-beta1-i386-netinst.iso
• http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/squeeze_di_beta1/amd64/iso-cd/debian-squeeze-di-beta1-amd64-netinst.iso

Images for other architectures can be found on

• http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/squeeze_di_beta1/ and/or
• http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/

Install and Start slicer

As root perform:

apt-get update
apt-get install slicer
slicer3

Switching to Debian "unstable"

• You also could switch to Debian "unstable" to access the bleeding edge version of the slicer package.

1. Boot or Install Debian "squeeze" like described above.

2. Add the following line to /etc/apt/sources.list

deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ unstable main

3. As root perform

apt-get update
apt-get dist-upgrade

Dependencies

Media:slicer_rdep_squeeze.png

3D Slicer 3.4 in the cloud

ami-6ca05805  (~ $0.02 per hour)

Example session:

$ AMI=mi-6ca05805
$ ec2-describe-images $AMI
$ ec2-run-instances -t t1.micro $AMI -n1 -k mykey
$ ec2-describe-instances
$ user=...
$ host=...
$ ssh -i id_rsa-mykey -X ${user}@${host}

Use Slicer's command line tools

$ /usr/lib/Slicer3/Plugins/AffineRegistration --help

or start Slicer's GUI

$ slicer3

Ubuntu

The Ubuntu distribution will also contain a slicer package in their universe repository [1]. This package is probably based on the slicer package taken from Debian "unstable".

Thanks!

These packages were the result of a lot of work by Dominique Belhachemi.