How To Install mysqltcl on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mysqltcl on Debian 9.
What is mysqltcl
mysqltcl is:
The mysqltcl package provides a Tcl interface to the MySQL database system. Within Tcl you’ve a range of Tcl commands and a global Tcl array available to access the database server. Written in C mysqltcl uses the official MySQL C-API so that almost all Tcl commands correspond to MySQL C-API functions.
There are three methods to install mysqltcl on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install mysqltcl Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mysqltcl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mysqltcl
Install mysqltcl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mysqltcl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mysqltcl
Install mysqltcl 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 mysqltcl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mysqltcl
How To Uninstall mysqltcl on Debian 9
To uninstall only the mysqltcl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mysqltcl
Uninstall mysqltcl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mysqltcl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mysqltcl
Remove mysqltcl Configurations and Data
To remove mysqltcl configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mysqltcl
Remove mysqltcl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mysqltcl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mysqltcl
Dependencies
mysqltcl have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mysqltcl package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.