Running Slicer on headless server (Installing Extensions and more...)

[lassoan (Andras Lasso)]

I’m happy that it works for you now.

I would strongly recommend to use Slicer-4.11:

• it uses Python 3
• you can install any python packages into Slicer’s Python environment
• its kernel is based on xeus-python which is essentially a full IPython implementation (while our custom kernel that we implemented in Slicer-4.10 had a number of limitations), including widgets and interactive 3D viewer in notebook cells. See some more information here:

Run Slicer in your web browser - as a Jupyter notebook or as a full application

It has been possible to use Slicer from Jupyter notebooks but the most recent Slicer Preview Release takes this to a whole new level. Click here to try a few example interactive notebooks now - or see a short video demonstrating the new features: [Medical image processing in your web browser using Jupyter notebooks and 3D Slicer] Highlights: Improved interactive use You can now use IPython widgets (sliders, buttons, etc.) to control Slicer or adjust processing and visualization…