How To Install vtk6-examples on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install vtk6-examples
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is vtk6-examples
vtk6-examples is:
The Visualization Toolkit (VTK) is an open-source software system for 3D computer graphics, image processing, and visualization.
This package provides examples for VTK6
There are three methods to install vtk6-examples
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 vtk6-examples Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install vtk6-examples
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install vtk6-examples
Install vtk6-examples Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install vtk6-examples
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install vtk6-examples
Install vtk6-examples 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 vtk6-examples
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install vtk6-examples
How To Uninstall vtk6-examples on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the vtk6-examples
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove vtk6-examples
Uninstall vtk6-examples And Its Dependencies
To uninstall vtk6-examples
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove vtk6-examples
Remove vtk6-examples Configurations and Data
To remove vtk6-examples
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge vtk6-examples
Remove vtk6-examples configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove vtk6-examples
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vtk6-examples
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install vtk6-examples
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.