How to Install and Uninstall libvtk5-dev Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "libvtk5-dev" package

Please follow the instructions below to install libvtk5-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "libvtk5-dev" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall libvtk5-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libvtk5-dev
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libvtk5-dev package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: libvtk5-dev
Priority: optional
Section: universe/libdevel
Installed-Size: 14102
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Science Team
Architecture: amd64
Source: vtk
Version: 5.10.1+dfsg-2.1build1
Replaces: libvtk-dev, libvtk32-dev, libvtk4-dev
Depends: libavcodec-dev, libavformat-dev, libavutil-dev, libc6-dev, libexpat-dev, libfreetype6-dev, libgl1-mesa-dev | libgl-dev, libgl2ps-dev, libglu1-mesa-dev | libglu-dev, libjpeg-dev, libmysqlclient-dev, libnetcdf-dev, libnetcdf-cxx-legacy-dev, libpng-dev, libpq-dev, libqt4-dev, libswscale-dev, libtiff-dev, libvtk5.10 (= 5.10.1+dfsg-2.1build1), libx11-dev, libxft-dev, libxml2-dev, libxss-dev, libxt-dev, mpi-default-dev, tcl-dev, tk-dev, x11proto-core-dev, zlib1g-dev, libc6 (>= 2.14), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.0), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2)
Suggests: vtk-doc, vtk-examples
Conflicts: libvtk-dev, libvtk32-dev, libvtk4-dev
Filename: pool/universe/v/vtk/libvtk5-dev_5.10.1+dfsg-2.1build1_amd64.deb
Size: 1826826
MD5sum: e802f8123713eb8fe149a19d658479df
SHA1: 784c1f485893e4b6bdd3c62309e12b1b02e8a7f7
SHA256: 3a45fefe72b29bb8ab1198eb489894bb9c8e6eb78e4eb26c8ecd7bfa10803bdf
Description-en: VTK header files for building C++ code
The Visualization Toolkit (VTK) is an object oriented, high level
library that allows one to easily write C++ programs, Tcl, Python and
Java scripts that do 3D visualization.
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This package provides the VTK header files required to compile
C++ programs that use VTK to do 3D visualisation.
Description-md5: 079ccc3ee62b29bb2c5ab38926c5255a
Homepage: http://www.vtk.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu