How To Install libvtk7-jni on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvtk7-jni on Kali Linux.

What is libvtk7-jni

libvtk7-jni 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 libvtk7-jni on Kali Linux. 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-jni 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-jni using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libvtk7-jni

Install libvtk7-jni Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libvtk7-jni

Install libvtk7-jni Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install libvtk7-jni

How To Uninstall libvtk7-jni on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libvtk7-jni

Uninstall libvtk7-jni And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libvtk7-jni and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libvtk7-jni

Remove libvtk7-jni Configurations and Data

To remove libvtk7-jni configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libvtk7-jni

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

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

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

Dependencies

libvtk7-jni have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libgcc-s1
• libstdc++6
• libvtk7.1p

References

• libvtk7-jni website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvtk7-jni package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.