How To Install libvmtk1.3 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvmtk1.3 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libvmtk1.3
libvmtk1.3 is:
The Vascular Modeling Toolkit is a collection of libraries and tools for 3D reconstruction, geometric analysis, mesh generation and surface data analysis for image-based modeling of blood vessels.
This package contains the shared runtime libraries.
There are three methods to install libvmtk1.3 on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libvmtk1.3 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libvmtk1.3 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libvmtk1.3
Install libvmtk1.3 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libvmtk1.3 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libvmtk1.3
Install libvmtk1.3 Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libvmtk1.3 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libvmtk1.3
How To Uninstall libvmtk1.3 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libvmtk1.3 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libvmtk1.3
Uninstall libvmtk1.3 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libvmtk1.3 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libvmtk1.3
Remove libvmtk1.3 Configurations and Data
To remove libvmtk1.3 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libvmtk1.3
Remove libvmtk1.3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libvmtk1.3 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libvmtk1.3
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvmtk1.3 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
