How to Install and Uninstall libvtk6-dev Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: November 26,2024

1. Install "libvtk6-dev" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install libvtk6-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall libvtk6-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libvtk6-dev package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: libvtk6-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 6.2.0+dfsg1-10ubuntu0.1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/libdevel
Source: vtk6
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Science Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 25854
Depends: 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, libjpeg-dev, libjsoncpp-dev, libmysqlclient-dev, libnetcdf-dev, libnetcdf-cxx-legacy-dev, libogg-dev, libpng-dev, libpq-dev, libproj-dev, libpython-dev, libswscale-dev, libtheora-dev, libtiff-dev, libvtk6.2 (= 6.2.0+dfsg1-10ubuntu0.1), libvtk6-java (= 6.2.0+dfsg1-10ubuntu0.1), libx11-dev, libxdmf-dev, libxft-dev, libxml2-dev, libxss-dev, libxt-dev, mpi-default-dev, python-vtk6 (= 6.2.0+dfsg1-10ubuntu0.1), python-zope.interface, tcl-dev, tcl-vtk6 (= 6.2.0+dfsg1-10ubuntu0.1), tk-dev, vtk6 (= 6.2.0+dfsg1-10ubuntu0.1), x11proto-core-dev, zlib1g-dev
Suggests: vtk6-doc, vtk6-examples
Conflicts: libvtk5-dev
Replaces: libvtk5-dev
Filename: pool/universe/v/vtk6/libvtk6-dev_6.2.0+dfsg1-10ubuntu0.1_amd64.deb
Size: 2175368
MD5sum: deec652ca3a78d66f5bdec68926fc0ec
SHA1: 1952ad6b12ce8117f3988c719c7e2cfbedeccf3c
SHA256: 221f43b3b137ea9c8e3badbddc0af0ec2878a5e9264c0862d3cca4766de74833
SHA512: 839ca8770dbda78f4fb5232d6d73e0a715fbb20c0bdcd26dfb11ee010c8c282698155f43ed96d22ab41ae1f95408ee9a2dbc9ad3315cf6997cd61efa9bb446d2
Homepage: http://www.vtk.org/
Description-en: VTK header files
The Visualization Toolkit (VTK) is an open-source software system
for 3D computer graphics, image processing, and visualization.
.
This package provides the VTK header files required to compile
C++ programs that use VTK to do 3D visualisation.
Description-md5: 7e2bbc8c66e40961c2bc067211a7a6c1

Package: libvtk6-dev
Priority: optional
Section: universe/libdevel
Installed-Size: 25854
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Science Team
Architecture: amd64
Source: vtk6
Version: 6.2.0+dfsg1-10build1
Replaces: libvtk5-dev
Depends: 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, libjpeg-dev, libjsoncpp-dev, libmysqlclient-dev, libnetcdf-dev, libnetcdf-cxx-legacy-dev, libogg-dev, libpng-dev, libpq-dev, libpython-dev, libswscale-dev, libtheora-dev, libtiff-dev, libvtk6.2 (= 6.2.0+dfsg1-10build1), libvtk6-java (= 6.2.0+dfsg1-10build1), libx11-dev, libxdmf-dev, libxft-dev, libxml2-dev, libxss-dev, libxt-dev, mpi-default-dev, python-vtk6 (= 6.2.0+dfsg1-10build1), python-zope.interface, tcl-dev, tcl-vtk6 (= 6.2.0+dfsg1-10build1), tk-dev, vtk6 (= 6.2.0+dfsg1-10build1), x11proto-core-dev, zlib1g-dev
Suggests: vtk6-doc, vtk6-examples
Conflicts: libvtk5-dev
Filename: pool/universe/v/vtk6/libvtk6-dev_6.2.0+dfsg1-10build1_amd64.deb
Size: 2186082
MD5sum: 8c5b6572a369bd040387805bd85484b7
SHA1: 5184f1aa37030840cdcf56ce37d43c6468aea359
SHA256: a0eeaa985f490322f87cefd371e4f1b41341ec1af00313e9d5349e97e412e66c
Description-en: VTK header files
The Visualization Toolkit (VTK) is an open-source software system
for 3D computer graphics, image processing, and visualization.
.
This package provides the VTK header files required to compile
C++ programs that use VTK to do 3D visualisation.
Description-md5: 7e2bbc8c66e40961c2bc067211a7a6c1
Homepage: http://www.vtk.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu