How To Install jimtcl on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install jimtcl on CentOS 7. jimtcl is A small embeddable Tcl interpreter

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install jimtcl on CentOS 7.

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.

We can use yum or dnf to install jimtcl on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install jimtcl.

Install jimtcl on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install jimtcl

Install jimtcl on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

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

sudo dnf -y install jimtcl

How To Uninstall jimtcl on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove jimtcl

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install jimtcl on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.