How To Install tcl-devel on CentOS 8

tcl-devel is Tcl scripting language development environment Tcl scripting language development environment

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install tcl-devel on CentOS 8.

What is `tcl-devel`

The Tcl (Tool Command Language) provides a powerful platform for creating integration applications that tie together diverse applications, protocols, devices, and frameworks. When paired with the Tk toolkit, Tcl provides a fastest and powerful way to create cross-platform GUI applications. Tcl can also be used for a variety of web-related tasks and for creating powerful command languages for applications. The package contains the development files and man pages for tcl. tcl-devel 1 8.6.8 2.el8 x86_64 190 k tcl-8.6.8-2.el8.src.rpm baseos Tcl scripting language development environment http TCL The Tcl (Tool Command Language) provides a powerful platform for creating integration applications that tie together diverse applications, protocols, devices, and frameworks. When paired with the Tk toolkit, Tcl provides a fastest and powerful way to create cross-platform GUI applications. Tcl can also be used for a variety of web-related tasks and for creating powerful command languages for applications. The package contains the development files and man pages for tcl.

We can use yum or dnf to install tcl-devel on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install tcl-devel.

Install tcl-devel on CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install tcl-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install tcl-devel

Install tcl-devel on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install tcl-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install tcl-devel

How To Uninstall tcl-devel on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the tcl-devel package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove tcl-devel

tcl-devel Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/include/tcl-private
/usr/include/tcl-private/generic
/usr/include/tcl-private/generic/regcustom.h
/usr/include/tcl-private/generic/regerrs.h
/usr/include/tcl-private/generic/regex.h
/usr/include/tcl-private/generic/regguts.h
/usr/include/tcl-private/generic/tcl.h
/usr/include/tcl-private/generic/tclCompile.h
/usr/include/tcl-private/generic/tclDecls.h
/usr/include/tcl-private/generic/tclFileSystem.h
/usr/include/tcl-private/generic/tclIO.h
/usr/include/tcl-private/generic/tclInt.h
/usr/include/tcl-private/generic/tclIntDecls.h
/usr/include/tcl-private/generic/tclIntPlatDecls.h
/usr/include/tcl-private/generic/tclOO.h
/usr/include/tcl-private/generic/tclOODecls.h
/usr/include/tcl-private/generic/tclOOInt.h
/usr/include/tcl-private/generic/tclOOIntDecls.h
/usr/include/tcl-private/generic/tclParse.h
/usr/include/tcl-private/generic/tclPlatDecls.h
/usr/include/tcl-private/generic/tclPort.h
/usr/include/tcl-private/generic/tclRegexp.h
/usr/include/tcl-private/generic/tclStringRep.h
/usr/include/tcl-private/generic/tclStringTrim.h
/usr/include/tcl-private/generic/tclTomMath.h
/usr/include/tcl-private/generic/tclTomMathDecls.h
/usr/include/tcl-private/generic/tclTomMathInt.h
/usr/include/tcl-private/generic/tommath.h
/usr/include/tcl-private/unix
/usr/include/tcl-private/unix/tclDTrace.h
/usr/include/tcl-private/unix/tclUnixPort.h
/usr/include/tcl-private/unix/tclUnixThrd.h
/usr/include/tcl.h
/usr/include/tclDecls.h
/usr/include/tclOO.h
/usr/include/tclOODecls.h
/usr/include/tclPlatDecls.h
/usr/include/tclTomMath.h
/usr/include/tclTomMathDecls.h
/usr/lib/libtcl.so
/usr/lib/libtclstub8.6.a
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/tcl.pc
/usr/lib/tcl8.6/tclConfig.sh
/usr/lib/tclConfig.sh
/usr/lib/tclooConfig.sh
/usr/share/tcl8.6/tclAppInit.c
/usr/include/tcl-private
/usr/include/tcl-private/generic
/usr/include/tcl-private/generic/regcustom.h
/usr/include/tcl-private/generic/regerrs.h
/usr/include/tcl-private/generic/regex.h
/usr/include/tcl-private/generic/regguts.h
/usr/include/tcl-private/generic/tcl.h
/usr/include/tcl-private/generic/tclCompile.h
/usr/include/tcl-private/generic/tclDecls.h
/usr/include/tcl-private/generic/tclFileSystem.h
/usr/include/tcl-private/generic/tclIO.h
/usr/include/tcl-private/generic/tclInt.h
/usr/include/tcl-private/generic/tclIntDecls.h
/usr/include/tcl-private/generic/tclIntPlatDecls.h
/usr/include/tcl-private/generic/tclOO.h
/usr/include/tcl-private/generic/tclOODecls.h
/usr/include/tcl-private/generic/tclOOInt.h
/usr/include/tcl-private/generic/tclOOIntDecls.h
/usr/include/tcl-private/generic/tclParse.h
/usr/include/tcl-private/generic/tclPlatDecls.h
/usr/include/tcl-private/generic/tclPort.h
/usr/include/tcl-private/generic/tclRegexp.h
/usr/include/tcl-private/generic/tclStringRep.h
/usr/include/tcl-private/generic/tclStringTrim.h
/usr/include/tcl-private/generic/tclTomMath.h
/usr/include/tcl-private/generic/tclTomMathDecls.h
/usr/include/tcl-private/generic/tclTomMathInt.h
/usr/include/tcl-private/generic/tommath.h
/usr/include/tcl-private/unix
/usr/include/tcl-private/unix/tclDTrace.h
/usr/include/tcl-private/unix/tclUnixPort.h
/usr/include/tcl-private/unix/tclUnixThrd.h
/usr/include/tcl.h
/usr/include/tclDecls.h
/usr/include/tclOO.h
/usr/include/tclOODecls.h
/usr/include/tclPlatDecls.h
/usr/include/tclTomMath.h
/usr/include/tclTomMathDecls.h
/usr/lib64/libtcl.so
/usr/lib64/libtclstub8.6.a
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/tcl.pc
/usr/lib64/tcl8.6/tclConfig.sh
/usr/lib64/tclConfig.sh
/usr/lib64/tclooConfig.sh
/usr/share/tcl8.6/tclAppInit.c

References

[tcl-devel website](http://tcl.sourceforge.net/ http://tcl.sourceforge.net/)

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install tcl-devel on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.