How to Install and Uninstall vtk6 Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "vtk6" package

This is a short guide on how to install vtk6 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install vtk6

2. Uninstall "vtk6" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall vtk6 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):

$ sudo apt remove vtk6 $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the vtk6 package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: vtk6
Architecture: amd64
Version: 6.3.0+dfsg1-11build1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/interpreters
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Science Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 881
Depends: libvtk6.3 (= 6.3.0+dfsg1-11build1), libc6 (>= 2.14), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.0), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), libtcl8.6 (>= 8.6.0), libtk8.6 (>= 8.6.0)
Suggests: vtk6-doc, vtk6-examples
Filename: pool/universe/v/vtk6/vtk6_6.3.0+dfsg1-11build1_amd64.deb
Size: 180160
MD5sum: 6ce4b45e24d4c47edbda6e4d37d37ef1
SHA1: 8c6456df06ef0091679db56a5ddffa4608f0e734
SHA256: 9c8e14bcbac65c44fb0164bccd25f51157d55a20255cd6e0bab1ec631b306055
Homepage: http://www.vtk.org/
Description: Binaries for VTK6
Description-md5: 7a707ebd399b700a76abaaf0d24f7dee
Supported: 3y