How To Install tcl-snack on Debian 10

Learn how to install tcl-snack on Debian 10 with this tutorial. tcl-snack is Sound extension to Tcl/Tk and Python/Tkinter - Tcl/Tk library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install tcl-snack on Debian 10.

What is tcl-snack

tcl-snack is:

Snack is an extension to the Tcl/Tk scripting language that adds sound functionality. There are commands to play, record, edit, and even visualize sound. Snack supports in-memory sound objects, file based audio, and streaming audio. It handles file formats such as WAV, AU, AIFF, MP3, and OGG Vorbis.

There are three methods to install tcl-snack 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-snack 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-snack using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install tcl-snack

Install tcl-snack Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install tcl-snack using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install tcl-snack

Install tcl-snack 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-snack using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install tcl-snack

How To Uninstall tcl-snack on Debian 10

To uninstall only the tcl-snack package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove tcl-snack

Uninstall tcl-snack And Its Dependencies

To uninstall tcl-snack and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove tcl-snack

Remove tcl-snack Configurations and Data

To remove tcl-snack configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge tcl-snack

Remove tcl-snack configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove tcl-snack configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tcl-snack

Dependencies

tcl-snack have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install tcl-snack package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.