How To Install libotcl1 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libotcl1 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libotcl1
libotcl1 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 shared library file.
There are three methods to install libotcl1 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 libotcl1 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 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libotcl1
Install libotcl1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libotcl1 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libotcl1
Install libotcl1 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 libotcl1 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libotcl1
How To Uninstall libotcl1 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libotcl1 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libotcl1
Uninstall libotcl1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libotcl1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libotcl1
Remove libotcl1 Configurations and Data
To remove libotcl1 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libotcl1
Remove libotcl1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libotcl1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libotcl1
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libotcl1 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
