How To Install mayavi2 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 mayavi2 on Ubuntu.
What is mayavi2
mayavi2 is:
MayaVi2 is a cross-platform tool for 2-D and 3-D scientific data visualization. Its features include:
- Visualization of scalar, vector and tensor data in 2 and 3 dimensions
- Easy scriptability using Python
- Easy extendability via custom sources, modules, and data filters
- Reading several file formats: VTK (legacy and XML), PLOT3D, etc.
- Saving of visualizations
- Saving rendered visualization in a variety of image formats.
MayaVi2 has been designed with scriptability and extensibility in mind. While the mayavi2 application is usable by itself, it may be used as an Envisage plugin which allows it to be embedded in user applications natively. Alternatively, it may be used as a visualization engine for any application.
This package also provides TVTK, which wraps VTK objects to provide a convenient, Pythonic API, while supporting Traits attributes and NumPy/SciPy arrays. TVTK is implemented mostly in pure Python, except for a small extension module.
There are three methods to install mayavi2 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 mayavi2 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mayavi2 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mayavi2
Install mayavi2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mayavi2 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mayavi2
Install mayavi2 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 mayavi2 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mayavi2
How To Uninstall mayavi2 on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the mayavi2 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mayavi2
Uninstall mayavi2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mayavi2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mayavi2
Remove mayavi2 Configurations and Data
To remove mayavi2 configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mayavi2
Remove mayavi2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mayavi2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mayavi2
Dependencies
mayavi2 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mayavi2 package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.