How to Install libvtk5.8 software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

How to Install libvtk5.8 software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

libvtk5.8 software package provides Visualization Toolkit - A high level 3D visualization library - runtime, you can install in your Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install libvtk5.8 

libvtk5.8 is installed in your system.

Make ensure the libvtk5.8 package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep libvtk5.8 *

You will get with libvtk5.8 package name, version, architecture and description in a table

libvtk5.8 package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr
Section Libraries
Package libvtk5.8
Version 5.8.0-14.1ubuntu3
Description Visualization Toolkit - A high level 3D visualization library - runtime
Sub Section libs


See Also, How to uninstall or remove libvtk5.8 software package from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)?