How To Install jimtcl on Fedora 34

jimtcl is A small embeddable Tcl interpreter A small embeddable Tcl interpreter

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install jimtcl on Fedora 34.

What is `jimtcl`

Jim is an opensource small-footprint implementation of the Tcl programming language. It implements a large subset of Tcl and adds new features like references with garbage collection, closures, built-in Object Oriented Programming system, Functional Programming commands, first-class arrays and UTF-8 support. jimtcl 0.78 8.fc34 x86_64 235 k jimtcl-0.78-8.fc34.src.rpm fedora A small embeddable Tcl interpreter http BSD Jim is an opensource small-footprint implementation of the Tcl programming language. It implements a large subset of Tcl and adds new features like references with garbage collection, closures, built-in Object Oriented Programming system, Functional Programming commands, first-class arrays and UTF-8 support.

We can use yum or dnf to install jimtcl on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install jimtcl.

Install jimtcl on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

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

sudo dnf -y install jimtcl

Install jimtcl on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install jimtcl using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install jimtcl

How To Uninstall jimtcl on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the jimtcl package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove jimtcl

jimtcl Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/jimsh
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/01
/usr/lib/.build-id/01/86efb89c2c2a1925366120751458f6a773ab17
/usr/lib/.build-id/86
/usr/lib/.build-id/86/9b062a004bc7ed59c093c7bb7aaf5ab664721a
/usr/lib64/libjim.so.0.78
/usr/share/doc/jimtcl
/usr/share/doc/jimtcl/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/jimtcl/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/jimtcl/README
/usr/share/doc/jimtcl/Tcl.html
/usr/bin/jimsh
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/33
/usr/lib/.build-id/33/b6d0ba89cdf49098a5126acb74a80d375a95cc
/usr/lib/.build-id/df
/usr/lib/.build-id/df/4ba83ab78bb35ae93071fcbc3dd5e9954973fd
/usr/lib/libjim.so.0.78
/usr/share/doc/jimtcl
/usr/share/doc/jimtcl/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/jimtcl/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/jimtcl/README
/usr/share/doc/jimtcl/Tcl.html

References

[jimtcl website](http://jim.tcl.tk http://jim.tcl.tk)

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install jimtcl on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.