How To Install tcl-sugar on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install tcl-sugar on Debian 9.
What is tcl-sugar
tcl-sugar is:
Sugar is a macro system for the Tcl programming language, with a design very similar to Lisp macros. It provides a way to create Tcl procedures using the [sugar::proc] command instead of the normal Tcl [proc] command, and a way to define macros that are expanded inline when the procedure is created.
There are three methods to install tcl-sugar on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install tcl-sugar Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install tcl-sugar using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install tcl-sugar
Install tcl-sugar Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install tcl-sugar using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install tcl-sugar
Install tcl-sugar 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 tcl-sugar using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install tcl-sugar
How To Uninstall tcl-sugar on Debian 9
To uninstall only the tcl-sugar package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove tcl-sugar
Uninstall tcl-sugar And Its Dependencies
To uninstall tcl-sugar and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove tcl-sugar
Remove tcl-sugar Configurations and Data
To remove tcl-sugar configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge tcl-sugar
Remove tcl-sugar configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove tcl-sugar configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tcl-sugar
Dependencies
tcl-sugar have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install tcl-sugar package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
