Compile dcmtk 3.6.1 on Ubuntu 14.04 as static binaries

dcmtk_compile.sh

# The gist shows how to compile latest development snaphost of DCMTK 3.6.1
# in Ubuntu 14.04. The version of the dcmtk avaliable in ubuntu's repositiries 
# is 3.6.0, which is from 2011. The gist also shows how to setup include 
#and lib folders so thatwe can use them to write our own C++ programs 
# using the develpment version.

# first need to install required packages
sudo apt-get install build-essential cmake libpng12-dev libtiff5-dev libxml2-dev libjpeg8-dev  zlib1g-dev  libwrap0-dev libssl-dev

# where to install DCMTK
export DCMTK_PREFIX=~/dcmtk361

# download latest development snapshot of the dcmtk. At the time of writing it was dcmtk-3.6.1_20150217.tar.gz
# for latest development versions please go to: http://dicom.offis.de/download/dcmtk/snapshot/
wget http://dicom.offis.de/download/dcmtk/snapshot/dcmtk-3.6.1_20170228.tar.gz

# unpack the archive
tar xzvf dcmtk-3.6.1_20170228.tar.gz

# go into the unpacked archive
cd dcmtk-3.6.1_20170228/

# run cmake to produce make file (alrenative to using ./configure --prefix=$DCMTK_PREFIX)
./configure LDFLAGS="-static"

# compile 
make SHARED=0 CC='gcc -static' all

# install into prefix folder
make install
# files end up in /usr/local/bin

# as a result of the above commands the follwoing folders should be created in the $DCMTK_PREFIX
# bin, etc, include, lib, share 

# optional to clean the dcmtk-3.6.1_20150217 from the files created 
# during compilation.
# make clean            

#----- READ BELOW when using  ./configure --prefix=$DCMTK_PREFIX instead of cmake ----#

# when ./configure --prefix=$DCMTK_PREFIX is used to configure the dmckt for 
# compilation and installation,  the execution of the "make install" for 
# this development snapshot version wont  produce  $DCMTK_PREFIX/lib and  $DCMTK_PREFIX/include
# directories with  header and library files required when wanting to write C++11 that uses
# this snapshot version. Thus, we need to create them ourselfs.

if false; then

  # Copy dmcktk library files that were compilied into our $DCMTK_PREFIX/lib folder
  mkdir $DCMTK_PREFIX/lib
  find . -name "*.a" -exec sh -c 'echo "Copying ${0}"; cp -Rp "${0}" $DCMTK_PREFIX/lib' {} \;

  # Now do the same but for header files.
  mkdir $DCMTK_PREFIX/include
  find . -type d -name "dcmtk" -exec sh -c 'echo "Copying ${0}"; cp -Rp "${0}" $DCMTK_PREFIX/include/' {} \;

fi