How To Install mysqltcl on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install mysqltcl on Kali Linux. mysqltcl is interface to the MySQL database for the Tcl language

Introduction

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

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 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 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 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 mysqltcl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mysqltcl

How To Uninstall mysqltcl on Kali Linux

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 Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mysqltcl

Remove mysqltcl Configurations and Data

To remove mysqltcl configuration and data from Kali Linux 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 Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.