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 "stable"

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

• Please use Debian "squeeze" to test this package.
• You also could switch to Debian "unstable" to test the bleeding edge version of the slicer package.

Test Versions

There is a Live DVD for a temporary installation and a Installer CD for a permanent installation available.

Debian "squeeze" Live DVD Alpha 1

• debian-live-60alpha1-amd64-gnome-desktop.iso
• debian-live-60alpha1-i386-gnome-desktop.iso

Debian "squeeze" Installer CD Alpha 1

Download the correct installer image for your architecture, burn to CD and boot from it to install:

• http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/squeeze_di_alpha1/i386/iso-cd/debian-testing-i386-netinst.iso
• http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/squeeze_di_alpha1/amd64/iso-cd/debian-testing-amd64-netinst.iso
• Images for other architectures can be found on: http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/

Switching to Debian "unstable"

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

4. Install and Start slicer

apt-get install slicer
slicer3

Ubuntu

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

• Slicer 3.4 is available
  • Ubuntu 10.04 development versions.

Install Slicer

  sudo apt-get install slicer libslicer3-dev

Thanks!

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