How To Install libvtk9.1 on Ubuntu

Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvtk9.1 on Ubuntu.

What is `libvtk9.1`

libvtk9.1 is:

The Visualization Toolkit (VTK) is an open-source software system for 3D computer graphics, image processing, and visualization.

This package provides the shared libraries needed to run C++ programs that use VTK.

There are three methods to install libvtk9.1 on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libvtk9.1 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libvtk9.1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libvtk9.1

Install libvtk9.1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libvtk9.1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libvtk9.1

Install libvtk9.1 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 libvtk9.1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libvtk9.1

How To Uninstall libvtk9.1 on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the libvtk9.1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libvtk9.1

Uninstall libvtk9.1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libvtk9.1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libvtk9.1

Remove libvtk9.1 Configurations and Data

To remove libvtk9.1 configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libvtk9.1

Remove libvtk9.1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libvtk9.1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libvtk9.1

Dependencies

libvtk9.1 have the following dependencies:

References

libvtk9.1 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvtk9.1 package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.