How To Install vtk7 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install vtk7
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is vtk7
vtk7 is:
The Visualization Toolkit (VTK) is an open-source software system for 3D computer graphics, image processing, and visualization.
This package provides binaries for VTK7
There are three methods to install vtk7
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install vtk7 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install vtk7
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install vtk7
Install vtk7 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install vtk7
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install vtk7
Install vtk7 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 vtk7
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install vtk7
How To Uninstall vtk7 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the vtk7
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove vtk7
Uninstall vtk7 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall vtk7
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove vtk7
Remove vtk7 Configurations and Data
To remove vtk7
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge vtk7
Remove vtk7 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove vtk7
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vtk7
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install vtk7
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.