install pydicom and pynetdicom on ubuntu linux

sudo aptitude install mercurial
hg clone https://code.google.com/p/pydicom/
cd pydicom/source/; sudo python setup.py install

It will be installed into /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pydicom-1.0.0a-py2.7.egg

To install pynetdicom:

hg clone https://code.google.com/p/pynetdicom/
cd pynetdicom/source/; sudo python setup.py install

It will be installed into /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/netdicom