Slicer3:Debian
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Intro
A Debian package for slicer has been created to make it easier to install "3D Slicer" on Debian 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" contains a "3D Slicer 3.4" package.
The next major Debian release "wheezy" will contain a "3D Slicer 3.6" package.
Dependencies
Cloud computing
3D Slicer 3.4 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
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".
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
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.