How To Install itcl3-dev on Debian 10

Learn how to install itcl3-dev on Debian 10 with this tutorial. itcl3-dev is [incr Tcl] OOP extension for Tcl - development files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install itcl3-dev on Debian 10.

What is itcl3-dev

itcl3-dev is:

[incr Tcl] (or itcl) is a popular object-oriented extension for the embeddable Tcl scripting language. The name is a play on C++, and itcl has a similar object model, including multiple inheritance and public and private classes and variables. Unlike most OOP extensions to Tcl, itcl is written in C for speed.

This package contains the headers and libraries needed to embed or add C extensions to itcl.

There are three methods to install itcl3-dev on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install itcl3-dev Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install itcl3-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install itcl3-dev

Install itcl3-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install itcl3-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install itcl3-dev

Install itcl3-dev Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install itcl3-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install itcl3-dev

How To Uninstall itcl3-dev on Debian 10

To uninstall only the itcl3-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove itcl3-dev

Uninstall itcl3-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall itcl3-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove itcl3-dev

Remove itcl3-dev Configurations and Data

To remove itcl3-dev configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge itcl3-dev

Remove itcl3-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove itcl3-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge itcl3-dev

Dependencies

itcl3-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install itcl3-dev package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.