--- title: Install weasis on Kubuntu using the Snap Store | Snapcraft description: Get the latest version of weasis for on Kubuntu - A free/libre/open medical DICOM viewer url: https://snapcraft.io/install/weasis/kubuntu --- [Canonical Snapcraft](https://snapcraft.io/) # Install weasis on **Kubuntu** # weasis [Nicolas Roduit (nicolas-roduit)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/nicolas-roduit "View all snaps from Nicolas Roduit (nicolas-roduit)") * [Nicolas Roduit (nicolas-roduit)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/nicolas-roduit "View all snaps from Nicolas Roduit (nicolas-roduit)") * [Health and Fitness](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=health-and-fitness) * [Science](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=science) [Install](https://snapcraft.io/install/weasis/kubuntu#install) #### A free/libre/open medical DICOM viewer **Weasis** is an open-source DICOM viewer for standalone and web use, built for medical image visualization in PACS and DICOM workflows — from routine reading to AI-assisted review and quantitative imaging. **General Features** * Open source under EPL 2 or Apache 2 license * Integrates with PACS, VNA, RIS, HIS, or EHR * Desktop builds for Windows, macOS, Linux; web access via the `weasis://` protocol * Responsive UI for high-DPI screens; 20+ language support * Server- and client-side preference configuration with multi-level overrides * API for custom plug-ins; embeddable viewer for CD/DVD or portable media * *Dicomizer* module converts images, videos, PDFs, and STL meshes into DICOM * AI-assisted and quantitative imaging workflows * Docs: **Connectivity & Interoperability** Fits existing clinical infrastructure two ways: server-side via a gateway such as ViewerHub (centralized brokering of PACS/DICOMweb, auth, and manifests), or client-side by configuring DICOM nodes and DICOMweb sources directly. * **Classic DIMSE** — Query/Retrieve (C-FIND, C-GET, C-MOVE) and Store (C-STORE) * **DICOMweb** — QIDO-RS, WADO-RS, STOW-RS over HTTPS * **WADO-URI** — for legacy PACS and Weasis manifest flow * **`weasis://` protocol** — single-click launch from browsers, EHR, RIS portals * **Authentication** — Basic, OAuth 2.0, and OpenID Connect (Auth Code with PKCE, RFC 8252); works with Keycloak, Google Cloud Healthcare, any OIDC provider * **Send/Export** — store to PACS or DICOMweb, or export locally as DICOMDIR ZIP, ISO with embedded viewer, JPEG, PNG, TIFF, AVI/MP4 * **Integration hooks** — argument-driven launch, manifest-based study loading **Viewer Features** * **Data type support** — all common DICOM files including multi-frame, *Enhanced* (CT/MR/US Volume), MPEG-2/4, SR, PR, KOS, SEG, RT, ECG, Parametric Map; codecs include JPEG (baseline/extended/lossless), JPEG-LS, JPEG 2000, JPEG-XL, RLE; import/export CD/DVD with DICOMDIR and ZIP; views common formats (TIFF, BMP, GIF, JPEG, PNG, etc.) * **Exporting** — local export (DICOMDIR, ZIP, ISO, TIFF, JPEG, PNG); send to PACS/DICOMweb; save measurements as Presentation States or XML * **Viewing & rendering** — multi-monitor with per-monitor calibration, HiDPI, full-screen; mouse and customizable keyboard controls; Modality/VOI/Presentation LUTs; GSPS overlays; overlays, shutters, pixel padding; lossy compression indicator; geometry-issue warnings; FrameOfReferenceUID-aware view synchronization * **Advanced imaging** — Oblique MPR with gantry-tilt correction, MIP, 3D Volume Rendering with segmentation overlay, 4D/multi-phase series splitting, cross-lines, 3D cursor, magnifier, side-by-side comparison layouts * **Measurement & annotation** — length, area, angle (incl. Cobb), perpendicular, parallel, free-shape; pixel region statistics; histograms; SUV measurement (PET/nuclear); pixel-info inspector * **Specific viewers** — ECG (waveforms with measurements), SR (structured reports with hyperlinks), AU (audio player, WAV export), RT (structure-set, dose, DVH) * **Other tools** — printing to DICOM and system printers; Key Object Selection via star button; full DICOM attribute display/search; *Acquire/Dicomizer* capture and conversion of non-DICOM media ### Package name * weasis --- ### License * Apache-2.0 OR EPL-2.0 --- ### Last updated * 26 August 2026 - latest/stable * 17 October 2026 - latest/edge --- ### Websites * [weasis.org](https://weasis.org "https://weasis.org") --- ### Source code * [github.com/nroduit/Weasis](https://github.com/nroduit/Weasis "https://github.com/nroduit/Weasis") --- ### Report a bug * [github.com/nroduit/Weasis/issues](https://github.com/nroduit/Weasis/issues "https://github.com/nroduit/Weasis/issues") --- ##### Report a Snap Store violation * [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/install/weasis/kubuntu#report-snap-modal) --- ## Enable snaps on Kubuntu and install weasis Snaps are applications packaged with all their dependencies to run on all popular Linux distributions from a single build. They update automatically and roll back gracefully. Snaps are discoverable and installable from the [Snap Store](https://snapcraft.io/store), an app store with an audience of millions. ### Enable snapd If you’re running [Kubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)](https://kubuntu.org/) or later, including [Kubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BionicBeaver/ReleaseNotes/Kubuntu) and [Kubuntu 18.10 (Cosmic Cuttlefish)](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CosmicCuttlefish/ReleaseNotes/Kubuntu), you don’t need to do anything. Snap is already installed and ready to go. Versions of Kubuntu between [14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)](https://kubuntu.org/news/kubuntu-14-04-lts) and [15.10 (Wily Werewolf)](https://kubuntu.org/news/kubuntu-15-10) don’t include *snap* by default, but *snap* can be installed from the command line as follows: ``` sudo apt update sudo apt install snapd ``` ### Install weasis To install weasis, simply use the following command: ``` sudo snap install weasis ``` ### Other popular snaps… [See more...](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=featured) [See more in Featured](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=featured) ### More things to do… #### [Get the snap store](https://snapcraft.io/snap-store) Browse and find snaps from the convenience of your desktop using the snap store snap. #### [Learn more about snaps](https://snapcraft.io/docs) Interested to find out more about snaps? Want to publish your own application? Visit [snapcraft.io](https://snapcraft.io/) now. 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