How To Install tcl-dev on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install tcl-dev on Debian 10.
What is tcl-dev
tcl-dev is:
Tcl is a powerful, easy-to-use, embeddable, cross-platform interpreted scripting language.
This package is a dependency package, which depends on Debian’s default Tcl version (currently 8.6).
There are three methods to install tcl-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 tcl-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 tcl-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install tcl-dev
Install tcl-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install tcl-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install tcl-dev
Install tcl-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 tcl-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install tcl-dev
How To Uninstall tcl-dev on Debian 10
To uninstall only the tcl-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove tcl-dev
Uninstall tcl-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall tcl-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove tcl-dev
Remove tcl-dev Configurations and Data
To remove tcl-dev configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge tcl-dev
Remove tcl-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove tcl-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tcl-dev
Dependencies
tcl-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install tcl-dev package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
