ITK/Getting Started/Obtain/Linux

In Linux, you have three choices of how to obtain ITK. In fact, one of the options allows you to skip Step 2: Building entirely!

Option 1: Download ITK from your package manager (e.g. apt-get on Ubuntu, yum on Fedora, etc)

Option 2: Download a release version of the source code. A release version has been marked as "approved and working" by the community. Simply download the latest release (e.g. InsightToolkit-4.1.0.tar.gz) on the download page and unzip (or untar) it. You now have the ITK source code!

Option 3: Download the very latest version of the source code.

Option 1	Option 2	Option 3
(NOT YET AVAILABLE FOR ITK4!): Download ITK from your package manager (e.g. apt-get on Ubuntu, yum on Fedora, etc)	Download a release version of the source code. A release version has been marked as "approved and working" by the community. Simply download the latest release (e.g. InsightToolkit-4.1.0.tar.gz) on the download page and unzip (or untar) it. You now have the ITK source code!	Download the very latest version of the source code.

Beginner	Intermediate	Advanced/Development
(NOT YET AVAILABLE FOR ITK4!): Download ITK from your package manager (e.g. apt-get on Ubuntu, yum on Fedora, etc)	Download a release version of the source code. A release version has been marked as "approved and working" by the community. Simply download the latest release (e.g. InsightToolkit-4.1.0.tar.gz) on the download page and unzip (or untar) it. You now have the ITK source code!	Download the very latest version of the source code.