How To Install libvtk7-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvtk7-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 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 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvtk7-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
