How to Install and Uninstall libvtk6-dev Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: May 08,2024

1. Install "libvtk6-dev" package

This tutorial shows how to install libvtk6-dev on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "libvtk6-dev" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall libvtk6-dev on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libvtk6-dev package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: libvtk6-dev
Source: vtk6 (6.3.0+dfsg2-2)
Version: 6.3.0+dfsg2-2+b5
Installed-Size: 26117
Maintainer: Debian Science Team
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: libvtk5-dev
Depends: default-libmysqlclient-dev, libavcodec-dev, libavformat-dev, libavutil-dev, libc6-dev, libeigen3-dev, libexpat-dev, libfreetype6-dev, libgdal-dev, libgl1-mesa-dev | libgl-dev, libgl2ps-dev, libglu1-mesa-dev | libglu-dev, libhdf5-mpi-dev, libjpeg-dev, libjsoncpp-dev, libnetcdf-dev, libnetcdf-cxx-legacy-dev, libogg-dev, libpng-dev, libpq-dev, libproj-dev, libpython-dev, libswscale-dev, libtheora-dev, libtiff-dev, libvtk6.3 (= 6.3.0+dfsg2-2+b5), libvtk6-java (= 6.3.0+dfsg2-2+b5), libx11-dev, libxft-dev, libxml2-dev, libxss-dev, libxt-dev, mpi-default-dev, python-vtk6 (= 6.3.0+dfsg2-2+b5), python-zope.interface, tcl-dev, tcl-vtk6 (= 6.3.0+dfsg2-2+b5), tk-dev, vtk6 (= 6.3.0+dfsg2-2+b5), x11proto-core-dev, zlib1g-dev
Suggests: vtk6-doc, vtk6-examples
Conflicts: libvtk5-dev
Description: VTK header files
Description-md5: 7e2bbc8c66e40961c2bc067211a7a6c1
Homepage: http://www.vtk.org/
Tag: devel::library, role::devel-lib
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/v/vtk6/libvtk6-dev_6.3.0+dfsg2-2+b5_amd64.deb
Size: 2149280
MD5sum: 6ea2fbd8c25dd9f2fde01730385110cf
SHA256: 931211c658f2ef6da048f8940bb928beada75cdfeba8fcb27af46c20ddd47cb7