How To Install libotcl1-dev on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libotcl1-dev on Debian 10.
What is libotcl1-dev
libotcl1-dev is:
OTcl, short for MIT Object Tcl, is an extension to Tcl/Tk for object-oriented programming. It shouldn’t be confused with the IXI Object Tcl extension by Dean Sheenan. (Sorry, but both of them like the name and have been using it for a while.)
Some of OTcl’s features as compared to alternatives are: designed to be dynamically extensible, like Tcl, from the ground up builds on Tcl syntax and concepts rather than importing another language compact yet powerful object programming system fairly portable implementation (2000 lines of C, without core hacks)
OTcl was created by David Wetherall as part of the VUsystem project at MIT. Since 1997, OTcl has been maintained as part of the Mash and VINT/ns efforts (with David’s blessing).
This package contains static library and header files.
There are three methods to install libotcl1-dev on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libotcl1-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libotcl1-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libotcl1-dev
Install libotcl1-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libotcl1-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libotcl1-dev
Install libotcl1-dev 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 libotcl1-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libotcl1-dev
How To Uninstall libotcl1-dev on Debian 10
To uninstall only the libotcl1-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libotcl1-dev
Uninstall libotcl1-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libotcl1-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libotcl1-dev
Remove libotcl1-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libotcl1-dev configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libotcl1-dev
Remove libotcl1-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libotcl1-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libotcl1-dev
Dependencies
libotcl1-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libotcl1-dev package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.