The OFFIS Dicom Toolkit dcmtk 3.5.4 on MacOS X 10.4/10.3(Darwin)

Status 2007-05-04

There are now two different sets of packages, one for Mac OS X 10.4 (compiling with gcc 4.0), one for Mac Os X 10.3 (compiling with gcc 3.3). These packages are included in the Fink "unstable" branch, but they can also be downloaded here. In addition, precompiled binaries are available for Mac OS X 10.4 for both PPC and Intel systems.

1. Download the applicable tar.gz-file above and optionally the dcmtk-doc.info file
2. Unpack the contents of the tar.gz-file into the local package directory of your fink installation (usually, this is /sw/fink/dists/local/main/finkinfo)
3. Install the package using FinkCommander or the commandline (see below)

I would appreciate if people with access to Mac OS X machines could test the package(s) and provide feedback to me . If you have any more questions regarding the fink package, feel free to ask!

Note:

• Compile it yourself using the instructions in the Thread "Compiling dcmtk 3.5.3 on OSX (gcc 4.0)" in the official dcmtk Forum.
• Download the precompiled dcmtk 3.5.3. binaries for Mac OS X from here:dcmtk-mosx10.4-bin.tar.gz

Old instructions (dcmtk 3.5.2 on MOSX 10.2)

What is "Fink" ?

The Fink project wants to bring the full world of Unix Open Source software to Darwin and Mac OS X. We modify Unix software so that it compiles and runs on Mac OS X ("port" it) and make it available for download as a coherent distribution. Fink uses Debian tools like dpkg and apt-get to provide powerful binary package management.

If you haven't already installed Fink, I recommend the following:

1. Install Fink using the binary installer from the Fink download page. Follow the instructions there.
2. Install FinkCommander, a GUI for the Fink package manager. FinkCommander makes it very easy to enable the unstable tree to get access to the newest package versions. FinkCommander is now included in the binary Fink installer.
3. From the Package list, select one of dcmtk or dcmtk-ssl and press the "Install" button:

If you don't want to use FinkCommander you can install the desired dcmtk version by entering

fink install dcmtk

or

fink install dcmtk-ssl

(depending on the package you want) in Terminal.app.

About the dcmtk-packages

• dcmtk:
  located in /sw/fink/dists/stable/main/finkinfo/sci/dcmtk-3.5.2-1.info (if you installed fink in the default /sw/ directory). This is a version which compiles with libtiff support.
• dcmtk-ssl:
  located in /sw/fink/dists/stable/crypto/finkinfo/dcmtk-ssl-3.5.2-2.info This is a version which compiles with libtiff and openssl support.

I would appreciate if people with access to Mac OS X machines could test the package(s) and provide feedback to me . If you have any more questions regarding the fink package, feel free to ask!