How To Install vtk9-doc on Debian 12

Learn how to install vtk9-doc on Debian 12 with this tutorial. vtk9-doc is VTK class reference documentation

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install vtk9-doc on Debian 12.

What is vtk9-doc

vtk9-doc is:

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

This package provides documentation for VTK9

There are three methods to install vtk9-doc on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install vtk9-doc Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install vtk9-doc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install vtk9-doc

Install vtk9-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install vtk9-doc using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install vtk9-doc

Install vtk9-doc 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 vtk9-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install vtk9-doc

How To Uninstall vtk9-doc on Debian 12

To uninstall only the vtk9-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove vtk9-doc

Uninstall vtk9-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall vtk9-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove vtk9-doc

Remove vtk9-doc Configurations and Data

To remove vtk9-doc configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge vtk9-doc

Remove vtk9-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove vtk9-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vtk9-doc

Dependencies

vtk9-doc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install vtk9-doc package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.