Orthanc For Linux

Orthanc is a completely free, open source, simple, lightweight, yet powerful RESTful standalone DICOM (Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine) server that can be used in healthcare and medical research environments.

It’s a command-line software implemented in C++ and engineered in such a way that it can easily turn a personal computer into a veritable DICOM store, which is also known as a mini-PACS system.

The program also provides users with a RESTful API (Application Programming Interface) that allows it to be driven from any computer language. It can be easily installed on any computer using the CMake tool (see the next section for details).

To install and use the Orthanc software on your GNU/Linux computer, you must first download the latest version from Softpedia, save the archive somewhere on your PC and extract its contents with your favorite archive manager.

Then open the Terminal app and navigate to the location of the extracted archive files using the ‘cd’ command (e.g. cd /home/softpedia/Orthanc-0.8.5), execute the ‘cmake .’ command to configure the program, followed by the ‘make’ command to compile it.

Lastly, install the Orthanc project on your machine by running the ‘make install’ command as root or the ‘sudo make install’ command as a privileged user. Then, you can simply use it from the command-line by executing the ‘orthanc’ command.

Add the ‘--help’ option to the orthanc command to view the program’s usage message and command-line options.

As mentioned, Orthanc is written entirely in the C++ programming language. It’s a platform-independent software, known to work well under the GNU/Linux and Microsoft Windows operating systems. It supports both 32-bit and 64-bit computer architectures, and it does not require complex database administration, neither third-party dependencies.