How To Install tcl-expect-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install tcl-expect-dev
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is tcl-expect-dev
tcl-expect-dev is:
Expect is a tool for automating interactive applications according to a script. Following the script, Expect knows what can be expected from a program and what the correct response should be. Expect is also useful for testing these same applications. And by adding Tk, you can also wrap interactive applications in X11 GUIs. An interpreted language provides branching and high-level control structures to direct the dialogue. In addition, the user can take control and interact directly when desired, afterward returning control to the script.
This package contains the development files.
There are three methods to install tcl-expect-dev
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install tcl-expect-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-expect-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install tcl-expect-dev
Install tcl-expect-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install tcl-expect-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install tcl-expect-dev
Install tcl-expect-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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install tcl-expect-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install tcl-expect-dev
How To Uninstall tcl-expect-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the tcl-expect-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove tcl-expect-dev
Uninstall tcl-expect-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall tcl-expect-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove tcl-expect-dev
Remove tcl-expect-dev Configurations and Data
To remove tcl-expect-dev
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge tcl-expect-dev
Remove tcl-expect-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove tcl-expect-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tcl-expect-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install tcl-expect-dev
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.