How To Install libvtk6.3 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvtk6.3
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libvtk6.3
libvtk6.3 is:
The Visualization Toolkit (VTK) is an open-source software system for 3D computer graphics, image processing, and visualization.
This package provides the shared libraries needed to run C++ programs that use VTK. Task: ubuntustudio-video
There are three methods to install libvtk6.3
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 libvtk6.3 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libvtk6.3
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libvtk6.3
Install libvtk6.3 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libvtk6.3
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libvtk6.3
Install libvtk6.3 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 libvtk6.3
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libvtk6.3
How To Uninstall libvtk6.3 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libvtk6.3
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libvtk6.3
Uninstall libvtk6.3 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libvtk6.3
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libvtk6.3
Remove libvtk6.3 Configurations and Data
To remove libvtk6.3
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libvtk6.3
Remove libvtk6.3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libvtk6.3
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libvtk6.3
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvtk6.3
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.