How To Install python-vtk6 on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-vtk6 on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-vtk6 is Python bindings for VTK

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-vtk6 on Debian 10.

What is python-vtk6

python-vtk6 is:

The Visualization Toolkit (VTK) is an open-source software system for 3D computer graphics, image processing, and visualization.

This package provides the python bindings for VTK.

There are three methods to install python-vtk6 on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install python-vtk6 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install python-vtk6 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python-vtk6

Install python-vtk6 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python-vtk6 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python-vtk6

Install python-vtk6 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install python-vtk6 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-vtk6

How To Uninstall python-vtk6 on Debian 10

To uninstall only the python-vtk6 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python-vtk6

Uninstall python-vtk6 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-vtk6 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-vtk6

Remove python-vtk6 Configurations and Data

To remove python-vtk6 configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-vtk6

Remove python-vtk6 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python-vtk6 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-vtk6

Dependencies

python-vtk6 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-vtk6 package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.