How To Install libvtk7-dev on Debian 10

Learn how to install libvtk7-dev on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libvtk7-dev is VTK header files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvtk7-dev on Debian 10.

What is libvtk7-dev

libvtk7-dev is:

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

This package provides the VTK header files required to compile C++ programs that use VTK to do 3D visualisation.

There are three methods to install libvtk7-dev on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libvtk7-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 libvtk7-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libvtk7-dev

Install libvtk7-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libvtk7-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libvtk7-dev

Install libvtk7-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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libvtk7-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libvtk7-dev

How To Uninstall libvtk7-dev on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libvtk7-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libvtk7-dev

Uninstall libvtk7-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libvtk7-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libvtk7-dev

Remove libvtk7-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libvtk7-dev configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libvtk7-dev

Remove libvtk7-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libvtk7-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libvtk7-dev

Dependencies

libvtk7-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvtk7-dev package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.