How To Install libgv-tcl on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgv-tcl on Debian 12.
What is libgv-tcl
libgv-tcl is:
Graphviz is a set of graph drawing tools. See the description of the graphviz package for a full description.
This package contains the Tcl (8.6) bindings.
There are three methods to install libgv-tcl on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libgv-tcl Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libgv-tcl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgv-tcl
Install libgv-tcl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libgv-tcl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgv-tcl
Install libgv-tcl 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libgv-tcl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgv-tcl
How To Uninstall libgv-tcl on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libgv-tcl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgv-tcl
Uninstall libgv-tcl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgv-tcl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgv-tcl
Remove libgv-tcl Configurations and Data
To remove libgv-tcl configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgv-tcl
Remove libgv-tcl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgv-tcl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgv-tcl
Dependencies
libgv-tcl have the following dependencies:
- libc6
- libcairo2
- libcgraph6
- libexpat1
- libgcc-s1
- libgd3
- libglib2.0-0
- libgts-0.7-5
- libgvc6
- libltdl7
- libpango-1.0-0
- libpangocairo-1.0-0
- libpangoft2-1.0-0
- libpathplan4
- libstdc++6
- zlib1g
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgv-tcl package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.