How to Install and Uninstall libvtk6.3 Package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Last updated: January 11,2025

1. Install "libvtk6.3" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install libvtk6.3 on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "libvtk6.3" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall libvtk6.3 on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


    
        
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                libvtk6.3
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libvtk6.3 package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Package: libvtk6.3
Source: vtk6
Version: 6.3.0+dfsg2-8.1
Installed-Size: 59568
Maintainer: Debian Science Team
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: libvtk5.8, libvtk6
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.29), libexpat1 (>= 2.0.1), libfreetype6 (>= 2.3.5), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libgl1, libgl2ps1.4 (>= 1.4.2+dfsg1), libhdf5-openmpi-103-1 (>= 1.8.13), libjpeg62-turbo (>= 1.3.1), libjsoncpp24 (>= 1.9.4), libnetcdf-c++4 (>= 4.2), libnetcdf18 (>= 4.0.1), libogg0 (>= 1.0rc3), libopenmpi3 (>= 4.1.0), libpng16-16 (>= 1.6.2-1), libsqlite3-0 (>= 3.5.9), libstdc++6 (>= 9), libtheora0 (>= 1.0), libtiff5 (>= 4.0.3), libx11-6, libxml2 (>= 2.7.4), libxt6, zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.3.4)
Suggests: mpi-default-bin
Conflicts: libvtk6 (>> 6.0.0-7)
Description: VTK libraries
Description-md5: 144756a6093ffa63465fde3c11e8a81a
Homepage: https://www.vtk.org/
Tag: role::shared-lib
Section: libs
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/v/vtk6/libvtk6.3_6.3.0+dfsg2-8.1_amd64.deb
Size: 12978492
MD5sum: aa956c01d50ea154054f9487303365a5
SHA256: 70c73a54266c12b8c0aa91d28f95b219066c9341aac65cf4f46d65642b9d506f