How To Install tcl-tclreadline on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install tcl-tclreadline on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is tcl-tclreadline
tcl-tclreadline is:
tclreadline adds GNU Readline support to standard Tcl/Tk. It provides interactive command editing and history for Tcl shells (this must be enabled on a user-by-user basis) and allows the use of GNU Readline features in Tcl programs.
There are three methods to install tcl-tclreadline on Ubuntu 22.04. 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-tclreadline 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-tclreadline using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install tcl-tclreadline
Install tcl-tclreadline Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install tcl-tclreadline using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install tcl-tclreadline
Install tcl-tclreadline 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install tcl-tclreadline using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install tcl-tclreadline
How To Uninstall tcl-tclreadline on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the tcl-tclreadline package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove tcl-tclreadline
Uninstall tcl-tclreadline And Its Dependencies
To uninstall tcl-tclreadline and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove tcl-tclreadline
Remove tcl-tclreadline Configurations and Data
To remove tcl-tclreadline configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge tcl-tclreadline
Remove tcl-tclreadline configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove tcl-tclreadline configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tcl-tclreadline
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install tcl-tclreadline package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
