How To Install libgv-tcl on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgv-tcl on Ubuntu 18.04. libgv-tcl is Tcl bindings for graphviz

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgv-tcl on Ubuntu 18.04.

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 Ubuntu 18.04. 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 18.04

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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgv-tcl package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.