How To Install libvtk6-java on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvtk6-java on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libvtk6-java
libvtk6-java is:
The Visualization Toolkit (VTK) is an object oriented, high level library that allows one to easily write C++ programs, Tcl, Python and Java scripts that do 3D visualization.
This package provides the VTK Java language support.
There are three methods to install libvtk6-java 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 libvtk6-java Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libvtk6-java using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libvtk6-java
Install libvtk6-java Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libvtk6-java using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libvtk6-java
Install libvtk6-java 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 libvtk6-java using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libvtk6-java
How To Uninstall libvtk6-java on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libvtk6-java package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libvtk6-java
Uninstall libvtk6-java And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libvtk6-java and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libvtk6-java
Remove libvtk6-java Configurations and Data
To remove libvtk6-java configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libvtk6-java
Remove libvtk6-java configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libvtk6-java configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libvtk6-java
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvtk6-java package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
