How To Install tcl-thread on Debian 10

Learn how to install tcl-thread on Debian 10 with this tutorial. tcl-thread is Tcl extension implementing script level access to Tcl threading capabilities

Introduction

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

What is tcl-thread

tcl-thread is:

The thread extension creates threads that contain Tcl interpreters, and it lets you send scripts to those threads for evaluation. It also enables you to share data between threads in a safe, protected fashion. Additionally, it provides script-level access to basic thread synchronization primitives, like mutexes and condition variables.

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

sudo apt-get -y install tcl-thread

Install tcl-thread Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install tcl-thread

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

sudo aptitude -y install tcl-thread

How To Uninstall tcl-thread on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove tcl-thread

Uninstall tcl-thread And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove tcl-thread

Remove tcl-thread Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge tcl-thread

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

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

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

Dependencies

tcl-thread have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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