How To Install libvmtk-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvmtk-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libvmtk-dev
libvmtk-dev is:
The Vascular Modeling Toolkit is a collection of libraries and tools for 3D reconstruction, geometric analysis, mesh generation and surface data analysis for image-based modeling of blood vessels.
This package contains header files and shared library links.
There are three methods to install libvmtk-dev 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 libvmtk-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libvmtk-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libvmtk-dev
Install libvmtk-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libvmtk-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libvmtk-dev
Install libvmtk-dev 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 libvmtk-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libvmtk-dev
How To Uninstall libvmtk-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libvmtk-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libvmtk-dev
Uninstall libvmtk-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libvmtk-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libvmtk-dev
Remove libvmtk-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libvmtk-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libvmtk-dev
Remove libvmtk-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libvmtk-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libvmtk-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvmtk-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
