How To Install tcl-vtk6 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install tcl-vtk6
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is tcl-vtk6
tcl-vtk6 is:
The Visualization Toolkit (VTK) is an open-source software system for 3D computer graphics, image processing, and visualization.
This package provides the shared libraries and executable that enable one to use VTK from Tcl/Tk scripts.
There are three methods to install tcl-vtk6
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 tcl-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 tcl-vtk6
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install tcl-vtk6
Install tcl-vtk6 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install tcl-vtk6
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install tcl-vtk6
Install tcl-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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install tcl-vtk6
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install tcl-vtk6
How To Uninstall tcl-vtk6 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the tcl-vtk6
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove tcl-vtk6
Uninstall tcl-vtk6 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall tcl-vtk6
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove tcl-vtk6
Remove tcl-vtk6 Configurations and Data
To remove tcl-vtk6
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge tcl-vtk6
Remove tcl-vtk6 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove tcl-vtk6
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tcl-vtk6
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install tcl-vtk6
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.