How To Install vtkdata on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install vtkdata on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is vtkdata
vtkdata is:
The Visualization Toolkit comes with example C++, Tcl and Python code. These examples reference data files installed by this package.
During building of VTK packages this data is used in the testing stages.
There are three methods to install vtkdata on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install vtkdata Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install vtkdata using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install vtkdata
Install vtkdata Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install vtkdata using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install vtkdata
Install vtkdata 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 vtkdata using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install vtkdata
How To Uninstall vtkdata on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the vtkdata package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove vtkdata
Uninstall vtkdata And Its Dependencies
To uninstall vtkdata and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove vtkdata
Remove vtkdata Configurations and Data
To remove vtkdata configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge vtkdata
Remove vtkdata configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove vtkdata configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vtkdata
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install vtkdata package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
