How To Install vtk7-examples on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install vtk7-examples on Kali Linux.

What is vtk7-examples

vtk7-examples is:

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

This package provides examples for VTK7

There are three methods to install vtk7-examples on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install vtk7-examples Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install vtk7-examples using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install vtk7-examples

Install vtk7-examples Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install vtk7-examples using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install vtk7-examples

Install vtk7-examples Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install vtk7-examples using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install vtk7-examples

How To Uninstall vtk7-examples on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the vtk7-examples package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove vtk7-examples

Uninstall vtk7-examples And Its Dependencies

To uninstall vtk7-examples and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove vtk7-examples

Remove vtk7-examples Configurations and Data

To remove vtk7-examples configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge vtk7-examples

Remove vtk7-examples configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove vtk7-examples configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vtk7-examples

Dependencies

vtk7-examples have the following dependencies:

References

• vtk7-examples website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install vtk7-examples package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.