How To Install libvtk7-jni on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvtk7-jni on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 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-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 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-jni using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libvtk7-jni
How To Uninstall libvtk7-jni on Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvtk7-jni package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
