How To Install libace-tkreactor-6.4.5 on Debian 10

Learn how to install libace-tkreactor-6.4.5 on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libace-tkreactor-6.4.5 is ACE-GUI reactor integration for Tk

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libace-tkreactor-6.4.5 on Debian 10.

What is libace-tkreactor-6.4.5

libace-tkreactor-6.4.5 is:

Recognizing the need to write reactor-based GUI applications, the ACE community has created several reactor extensions for use with X Window System. Each of these extends the ACE_Select_Reactor to work with a specific toolkit. By using these reactors, your GUI application can remain single threaded yet still respond to both GUI events, such as button presses, and your own application events.

The ACE_TkReactor provides reactor functionality around the popular Tcl/Tk library. The underlying Tcl/Tk method used is Tcl_DoOneEvent().

There are three methods to install libace-tkreactor-6.4.5 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 libace-tkreactor-6.4.5 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libace-tkreactor-6.4.5 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libace-tkreactor-6.4.5

Install libace-tkreactor-6.4.5 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libace-tkreactor-6.4.5 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libace-tkreactor-6.4.5

Install libace-tkreactor-6.4.5 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 libace-tkreactor-6.4.5 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libace-tkreactor-6.4.5

How To Uninstall libace-tkreactor-6.4.5 on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libace-tkreactor-6.4.5 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libace-tkreactor-6.4.5

Uninstall libace-tkreactor-6.4.5 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libace-tkreactor-6.4.5 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libace-tkreactor-6.4.5

Remove libace-tkreactor-6.4.5 Configurations and Data

To remove libace-tkreactor-6.4.5 configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libace-tkreactor-6.4.5

Remove libace-tkreactor-6.4.5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libace-tkreactor-6.4.5 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libace-tkreactor-6.4.5

Dependencies

libace-tkreactor-6.4.5 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libace-tkreactor-6.4.5 package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.