How To Install jimtcl on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install jimtcl on Rocky Linux 8. jimtcl is A small embeddable Tcl interpreter

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install jimtcl on Rocky Linux 8.

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 Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install jimtcl.

Install jimtcl on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install jimtcl

Install jimtcl on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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 Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove jimtcl

jimtcl Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/jimsh
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0b
/usr/lib/.build-id/0b/cbabe776364b92673925c4fca493ea14313c4d
/usr/lib/.build-id/1b
/usr/lib/.build-id/1b/bdeab2222c0e0310c2c61ceaa0a7594372ef47
/usr/lib64/libjim.so.0.77
/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/0f
/usr/lib/.build-id/0f/72d58dd7e1dc2c1b65b96aba54f0dfd0d77ecc
/usr/lib/.build-id/9f
/usr/lib/.build-id/9f/5f1c6b19505dc90d3ecf8cfb5e9f5ddf5d372a
/usr/lib/libjim.so.0.77
/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

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install jimtcl on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.