How to Install and Uninstall libvtk6.2 Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: February 16,2025

1. Install "libvtk6.2" package

Learn how to install libvtk6.2 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall libvtk6.2 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libvtk6.2
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libvtk6.2 package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: libvtk6.2
Architecture: amd64
Version: 6.2.0+dfsg1-10ubuntu0.1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/libs
Source: vtk6
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Science Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 150809
Depends: libavcodec-ffmpeg56 (>= 7:2.4) | libavcodec-ffmpeg-extra56 (>= 7:2.4), libavformat-ffmpeg56 (>= 7:2.4), libavutil-ffmpeg54 (>= 7:2.4), libc6 (>= 2.15), libexpat1 (>= 2.0.1), libfontconfig1 (>= 2.11.94), libfreetype6 (>= 2.2.1), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.0), libgdal.so.1-1.11.3, libgdal1i (>= 1.11.0), libgl1-mesa-glx | libgl1, libgl2ps0, libhdf5-10, libjpeg8 (>= 8c), libjsoncpp1, libmysqlclient20 (>= 5.7.11), libnetcdf-c++4 (>= 4.2), libnetcdf11 (>= 4.0.1), libodbc1 (>= 2.3.1), libogg0 (>= 1.0rc3), libopenmpi1.10, libpng12-0 (>= 1.2.13-4), libpq5, libproj9 (>= 4.8.0), libpython2.7 (>= 2.7), libsqlite3-0 (>= 3.5.9), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), libswscale-ffmpeg3 (>= 7:2.4), libtcl8.6 (>= 8.6.0), libtheora0 (>= 1.0), libtiff5 (>= 4.0.3), libtk8.6 (>= 8.6.0), libx11-6, libxml2 (>= 2.7.4), libxt6, zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.3.4)
Suggests: mpi-default-bin, vtk6-doc, vtk6-examples
Conflicts: libvtk6 (>> 6.0.0-7)
Replaces: libvtk5.8, libvtk6
Filename: pool/universe/v/vtk6/libvtk6.2_6.2.0+dfsg1-10ubuntu0.1_amd64.deb
Size: 32216660
MD5sum: 3c667396f7e89eb13329127c7a84025c
SHA1: 273b2f4885ef78164b5bcae62565fefea6163942
SHA256: f9df2a0913b19e34d3b980145176c6d80e3771939699da3c7104df113e819341
SHA512: 9de6420257915c2cb4c2d82703df64def3647288086b25ff21eaec21978dbde39676a56011be28d219967d5208ecf991a81cb2013cbe74123ad60e54c9efcf8e
Homepage: http://www.vtk.org/
Description-en: VTK libraries
The Visualization Toolkit (VTK) is an open-source software system
for 3D computer graphics, image processing, and visualization.
.
This package provides the shared libraries needed to run C++ programs
that use VTK.
Description-md5: 144756a6093ffa63465fde3c11e8a81a

Package: libvtk6.2
Priority: optional
Section: universe/libs
Installed-Size: 150821
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Science Team
Architecture: amd64
Source: vtk6
Version: 6.2.0+dfsg1-10build1
Replaces: libvtk5.8, libvtk6
Depends: libavcodec-ffmpeg56 (>= 7:2.4) | libavcodec-ffmpeg-extra56 (>= 7:2.4), libavformat-ffmpeg56 (>= 7:2.4), libavutil-ffmpeg54 (>= 7:2.4), libc6 (>= 2.15), libexpat1 (>= 2.0.1), libfontconfig1 (>= 2.11.1), libfreetype6 (>= 2.2.1), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.0), libgdal.so.1-1.11.3, libgdal1i (>= 1.11.0), libgl1-mesa-glx | libgl1, libgl2ps0, libhdf5-10, libjpeg8 (>= 8c), libjsoncpp1, libmysqlclient20 (>= 5.7.11), libnetcdf-c++4 (>= 4.2), libnetcdf11 (>= 4.0.1), libodbc1 (>= 2.3.1), libogg0 (>= 1.0rc3), libopenmpi1.10, libpng12-0 (>= 1.2.13-4), libpq5, libproj9 (>= 4.8.0), libpython2.7 (>= 2.7), libsqlite3-0 (>= 3.5.9), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), libswscale-ffmpeg3 (>= 7:2.4), libtcl8.6 (>= 8.6.0), libtheora0 (>= 1.0), libtiff5 (>= 4.0.3), libtk8.6 (>= 8.6.0), libx11-6, libxml2 (>= 2.7.4), libxt6, zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.3.4)
Suggests: mpi-default-bin, vtk6-doc, vtk6-examples
Conflicts: libvtk6 (>> 6.0.0-7)
Filename: pool/universe/v/vtk6/libvtk6.2_6.2.0+dfsg1-10build1_amd64.deb
Size: 32186388
MD5sum: 2c194be3b62aca2dd01bb04b992a4070
SHA1: 1a0416b88a02c9031131b0ec29e7118af2772ce1
SHA256: cf753de726310a581d47f6db4339931b7d16bf1788fc2954874bce0dbf317d99
Description-en: VTK libraries
The Visualization Toolkit (VTK) is an open-source software system
for 3D computer graphics, image processing, and visualization.
.
This package provides the shared libraries needed to run C++ programs
that use VTK.
Description-md5: 144756a6093ffa63465fde3c11e8a81a
Homepage: http://www.vtk.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu