How To Install libvtk7-qt-dev on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvtk7-qt-dev
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is libvtk7-qt-dev
libvtk7-qt-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. Qt files
There are three methods to install libvtk7-qt-dev
on Ubuntu 22.04. 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-qt-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-qt-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libvtk7-qt-dev
Install libvtk7-qt-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libvtk7-qt-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libvtk7-qt-dev
Install libvtk7-qt-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-qt-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libvtk7-qt-dev
How To Uninstall libvtk7-qt-dev on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the libvtk7-qt-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libvtk7-qt-dev
Uninstall libvtk7-qt-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libvtk7-qt-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libvtk7-qt-dev
Remove libvtk7-qt-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libvtk7-qt-dev
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libvtk7-qt-dev
Remove libvtk7-qt-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libvtk7-qt-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libvtk7-qt-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvtk7-qt-dev
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.