How to Install and Uninstall tcl-vtk Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "tcl-vtk" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install tcl-vtk on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                tcl-vtk
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "tcl-vtk" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall tcl-vtk on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: tcl-vtk
Priority: optional
Section: universe/interpreters
Installed-Size: 20308
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Science Team
Architecture: amd64
Source: vtk
Version: 5.10.1+dfsg-2.1build1
Replaces: vtk, vtk-tcl
Depends: libvtk5.10 (= 5.10.1+dfsg-2.1build1), tcl8.6, libc6 (>= 2.14), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.0), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), libtcl8.6 (>= 8.6.0), libtk8.6 (>= 8.6.0), libx11-6
Suggests: vtk-doc, vtk-examples
Filename: pool/universe/v/vtk/tcl-vtk_5.10.1+dfsg-2.1build1_amd64.deb
Size: 4536054
MD5sum: 2d379dcc8c662531984a69729d24643c
SHA1: 030c9aebaed3645837c819c395596cfc45986aad
SHA256: e7a70b7cab47509c797e2a49ab2147a69253083aadaf8842812673ed0b3378c0
Description-en: Tcl bindings for VTK
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 provides the shared libraries and executable that enable one to use
VTK from Tcl/Tk scripts. You will need Tcl/Tk and vtk installed to use
this.
Description-md5: b1f6ec55691562fa0e66dfc55315612e
Homepage: http://www.vtk.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu