How To Install vtk on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install vtk
on CentOS 7.
What is vtk
VTK is an open-source software system for image processing, 3D graphics, volume rendering and visualization. VTK includes many advanced algorithms (e.g., surface reconstruction, implicit modeling, decimation) and rendering techniques (e.g., hardware-accelerated volume rendering, LOD control).
We can use yum
or dnf
to install vtk
on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install vtk.
Install vtk on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum
using the following command.
After updating yum database, We can install vtk
using yum
by running the following command:
Install vtk on CentOS 7 Using dnf
If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first.
Update yum database with dnf
using the following command.
After updating yum database, We can install vtk
using dnf
by running the following command:
How To Uninstall vtk on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the vtk
package we can use the following command:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install vtk
on CentOS 7 using yum
and dnf
.