How to Install and Uninstall vtk6 Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 15,2024

1. Install "vtk6" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install vtk6 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install vtk6

2. Uninstall "vtk6" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall vtk6 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):

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

3. Information about the vtk6 package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: vtk6
Architecture: amd64
Version: 6.2.0+dfsg1-10ubuntu0.1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/interpreters
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Science Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 851
Depends: libvtk6.2 (= 6.2.0+dfsg1-10ubuntu0.1), 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_6.2.0+dfsg1-10ubuntu0.1_amd64.deb
Size: 171568
MD5sum: 3510ca01602852034356ef18ec547b84
SHA1: e48d7e09a3ac65051a5d134f487177125c0399a9
SHA256: 94a7a8f7c5b78837e995d7814ae7906ebe618f9d1e39c14b4716bbe9767c71ab
SHA512: 0f7c91c71864c0cb6a1da92b169e488956a7c5f5e8d83b31068a73cb6cb332f518c77b01d70d772d212b4d1e24502323846c29d9a988ca0bfe663fa7a54f2514
Homepage: http://www.vtk.org/
Description-en: Binaries for VTK6
The Visualization Toolkit (VTK) is an open-source software system
for 3D computer graphics, image processing, and visualization.
.
This package provides binaries for VTK6
Description-md5: 7a707ebd399b700a76abaaf0d24f7dee

Package: vtk6
Priority: optional
Section: universe/interpreters
Installed-Size: 851
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Science Team
Architecture: amd64
Version: 6.2.0+dfsg1-10build1
Depends: libvtk6.2 (= 6.2.0+dfsg1-10build1), 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_6.2.0+dfsg1-10build1_amd64.deb
Size: 169792
MD5sum: 13bbbfab35727dba108e76eb6b18313a
SHA1: c5fef471029c9914c0c626260577c9d92ad393ea
SHA256: 96543c8c80cce1da5c671f19f0e75274ba13f4c2926625749712fb7d76cf68a0
Description-en: Binaries for VTK6
The Visualization Toolkit (VTK) is an open-source software system
for 3D computer graphics, image processing, and visualization.
.
This package provides binaries for VTK6
Description-md5: 7a707ebd399b700a76abaaf0d24f7dee
Homepage: http://www.vtk.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu