How To Install libtcl8.6 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtcl8.6 on Kali Linux.

What is libtcl8.6

libtcl8.6 is:

Tcl is a powerful, easy to use, embeddable, cross-platform interpreted scripting language. This package contains the Tcl library and auxiliary code which allows one to run Tcl-enabled applications. This version includes thread support.

There are three methods to install libtcl8.6 on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libtcl8.6 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libtcl8.6 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libtcl8.6

Install libtcl8.6 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libtcl8.6 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libtcl8.6

Install libtcl8.6 Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libtcl8.6 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libtcl8.6

How To Uninstall libtcl8.6 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libtcl8.6 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libtcl8.6

Uninstall libtcl8.6 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libtcl8.6 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libtcl8.6

Remove libtcl8.6 Configurations and Data

To remove libtcl8.6 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libtcl8.6

Remove libtcl8.6 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libtcl8.6 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libtcl8.6

Dependencies

libtcl8.6 have the following dependencies:

• tzdata
• libc6
• zlib1g

References

• libtcl8.6 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtcl8.6 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.