Information about the package, vtk-devel, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The vtk-devel package is designed for, VTK header files for building C++ code.
Package Name:
vtk-devel
Summary:
VTK header files for building C++ code
URL:
Description:
This provides the VTK header files required to compile C++ programs that use VTK to do 3D visualisation.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
5.8.0
Release:
6.el6.1
Size:
2.6 M
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
BSD
Control the vtk-devel package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install vtk-devel
This command will install vtk-devel on the server.
yum remove vtk-devel
This command will un-install vtk-devel on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove vtk-devel, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove vtk-devel
This command will un-install vtk-devel on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove vtk-devel when using the -y flag.
yum update vtk-devel
This command will update vtk-devel to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove vtk-devel, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update vtk-devel
This command will update vtk-devel to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove vtk-devel when using the -y flag.
yum info vtk-devel
This command will show you core information about the vtk-devel package.
yum deplist vtk-devel
This command will show you the dependencies for vtk-devel. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update vtk-devel
This command will check if there is an update waiting on vtk-devel. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.